Statistician

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LAUKOA is seeking an experienced Statistician to support the Defense Health Agency's Psychological Health Center of Excellence (PHCoE), located in Silver Spring, MD. This position provides advanced statistical expertise supporting behavioral health research, surveillance, health services research, implementation science, and program evaluation initiatives across the Military Health System.

The successful candidate will develop statistical methodologies, support study design, analyze complex healthcare and behavioral health datasets, and ensure the scientific integrity of research and surveillance products. This role works collaboratively with researchers, epidemiologists, implementation scientists, data analysts, clinicians, and Government stakeholders to generate reliable evidence supporting psychological health programs and military readiness.

• Provide advanced statistical expertise supporting behavioral health research, surveillance, and program evaluation initiatives.
• Develop statistical analysis plans for research studies, surveillance activities, and program evaluations.
• Perform descriptive and inferential statistical analyses using large and complex healthcare datasets.
• Design and evaluate research methodologies to ensure scientific validity and methodological rigor.
• Support survey design, sampling methodologies, weighting strategies, and statistical analysis of survey data.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary research teams to identify appropriate statistical methods and analytical approaches.
• Conduct multivariate analyses, regression modeling, longitudinal analyses, predictive modeling, and other advanced statistical techniques as appropriate.
• Validate analytical findings and ensure accuracy, reproducibility, and scientific integrity of statistical products.
• Interpret statistical findings and communicate results to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Develop technical reports, statistical summaries, scientific manuscripts, executive briefings, and presentations.
• Support quality assurance activities related to statistical analyses and research methodology.
• Assist in the development of performance measures, surveillance indicators, and evaluation metrics.
• Provide statistical consultation to Government leadership and project teams regarding study design, data interpretation, and analytical best practices.
• Ensure all statistical analyses comply with accepted scientific standards and contract requirements.

• Capability to apply statistical approaches and use specialized statistical software to analyze and model data in an enterprise data environment.
• Capability to use sophisticated research-supported statistical techniques and write code/syntax to solve complex statistical problems.
• Capability to propose valid statistical solutions to psychological health research problems based on available data.
• Capability to present data and interpretations in research reports and briefs.
• Capability to produce technical artifacts (e.g., reports, tools, briefings, presentations, and manuscripts) consistent with the KSAs described here and with the broader PHCoE mission set.

• Doctorate (PhD) in Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field.
• At least 13 years of full-time post-doctoral work experience conducting…