Research Assistant - Department of Oncology

Research Assistant
- Department of Oncology

Wayne State University is searching for an experienced Research Assistant
- Department of Oncology at its Detroit campus location.

Wayne State is a premier, public, urban research university located in the heart of Detroit, Michigan where students from all backgrounds are offered a rich, high-quality education. Our deep-rooted commitment to excellence, collaboration, integrity, diversity and inclusion creates exceptional educational opportunities which prepare students for success in a global society.

Unique duties:

• Perform statistical and/or bioinformatics analysis and prepare reports based on plans devised by faculty members.
• Assist in preparing manuscripts and abstracts, as well as proofreading accepted manuscripts prior to publication.
• Stay up-to-date with statistical/bioinformatics and programming methodologies relevant to cancer research.
• Implement assignments with excellence and work collaboratively with staff and faculty.
• Compile information from clinical studies and report to Clinical Trials.gov.
• If required, participate in biostatistics/bioinformatics educational activities related to cancer research for investigators, fellows, residents, and graduate students.

Education:

Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree in a related field of study, preferred. Requires advanced knowledge predominantly intellectual in character in a field of science or learning acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction.

Experience:

Entry level (less than a year of job-related experience)

Experience performing basic research techniques or interacting with human subjects, preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Ability to work independently. Ability to analyze, summarize and interpret research findings and data in reports and spreadsheets and communicate results. Knowledge of scientific integrity principles. Excellent time management and organization skills. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and demonstrated ability to work with others in a collaborative environment. Microsoft office software skills.

- Master's degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, Biomedical Informatics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, or closely related discipline preferred.

- At least 2 years of work experience with R programming, demonstrating excellent proficiency. Any work experience gained during the completion of an MS/PhD degree will be considered as part of this requirement. Statistical and/or bioinformatics work experience in collaborative medical research highly desirable. The candidate must be able to support cancer research across a wide range of biostatistical/bioinformatics domains, provide methodological guidance as needed, and assist with requests received through the Core.

A strong desire to learn new statistical/bioinformatics methods is highly expected, given the evolving analytical needs of cancer research. Experience with causal inference, particularly using structural equation modeling, is considered a plus.

H06 - School of Medicine

H0632 - Oncology

• Regular Employee
• Job type:
  Full Time
• Job category:
  Research

• Compensation type:
  Annual Salary
• Hourly rate:
• Salary minimum:
• Salary hire maximum:

Typical work environment may include a laboratory and/or office environment. May require working non-standard business hours including evenings and weekends. May be required to travel to scientific conferences.

• Number of openings: 1
• Reposted position:
  No
• Reposted reason:
  None (New Requisition)
• Prior posting/requisition number:

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