Biostatistician

Overview

Biostatistician I – The Department of Medicine’s Division of Oncology at Dell Medical School seeks a grant‑funded, exempt biostatistician to support translational cancer research. The position is funded through August 31, 2029.

• Design and implement statistical studies: develop analysis plans, support sample size estimates, choose methodology, and design workflows for molecular and clinical datasets.
• Apply standard statistical techniques to multi‑omics, genomic, and clinical outcome data; validate data integrity; reproduce results using documented analytic workflows.
• Interpret analytic outputs and prepare statistical summaries, tables, and figures for manuscripts, grant applications, and reports.
• Collaborate with faculty, clinicians, and computational researchers; participate in study meetings and contribute to data‑driven decision‑making.
• Support protocol development, data requests, and integration of molecular and clinical datasets.
• Maintain, clean, and curate research databases; create reproducible workflows and basic visualizations; integrate datasets from public domain sources, institutional repositories, and internal pipelines; document all preparation steps.
• Ensure compliance with HIPAA, IRB protocols, and institutional guidelines for human subjects and genomic data handling; support audits and compliance reviews.
• Develop tables, figures, and code‑generated outputs for manuscripts, conference presentations, progress reports, and grant submissions.

• Strong analytical skills to analyze large, complex genomic, molecular, and clinical datasets.
• Proficiency in R, Python, SAS, SQL, or comparable tools; familiarity with data visualization, reproducible research practices, and version control (e.g., Git).
• Experience collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary scientific and clinical teams.
• Attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and reproducibility in data processing and statistical modeling.
• Problem‑solving ability: identify statistical challenges, recommend solutions, and refine analytic workflows.

• Minimum:
  Master’s Degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a closely related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience with major coursework in statistics.
• Proficiency in at least two statistical software packages such as SAS, R, Stata, or SPSS.
• Preferred:
  Experience with clinical, molecular, or genomic data analysis in a biomedical research environment; familiarity with cancer research, translational pipelines, or multi‑omics analysis.
• Experience developing analytic workflows, supporting manuscripts, or contributing to grant submissions.

$66,229+ depending on qualifications.

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