Biostatistician

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on:
September 20, 2026 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.

Available Title(s): 1506- - Statistician Business

Title:

Biostatistician Employee Type:
Admin. Professional (+) (Fixed Term)

The Opportunity:

As the Biostatistician, you will provide analytic and statistical support for the Occupational Sleep Medicine Group (OSMG), which conducts transformative research to ensure health and safety through sleep, fatigue, and cognitive performance studies. Research foci within OSMG include, but are not limited to, studies involving pilots, athletes, and horse-human interactions, with a current emphasis on commercial aviation studies. You will join OSMG's small but highly efficient team.

The majority of your work involves developing analysis plans according to stated research goals; supporting studies with respect to database construction, cleaning data, checking data quality, and data analysis; writing methods and results sections for peer-reviewed manuscripts; and contributing to grant writing or other research efforts as assigned. As the Biostatistician, you will also participate in team meetings and keep full documentation of protocols, procedures, and code in an organized location on our server that can be used for direct replication.

This is a fixed-term position; expected to end one year from date of hire. Position renewal will be contingent upon funding and/or need for extension.

Additional Information:
The screening of applicants begins September 14, 2026. The position is posted with a variable FTE of 50-100%. FTE is negotiable based on incumbent preference and supervisor approval. This position is overtime eligible.

Temporary End Date:
This is a temporary position expected to end after one (1) year from the date of hire. Renewal is dependent on the need for extension and/or if additional funding is secured to extend employment.

Monthly Salary: $4,508.70 - $6,050.50 (at 100% FTE) | Commensurate with experience and qualifications The current monthly is posted at 1.0 FTE. Salary subject to change based on assigned FTE. In accordance with RCW 49.58.110, the above salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidate's current experience, education, skills, and abilities related to the position.

WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical, dental, life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation, optional supplemental retirement accounts; training and development; and employee tuition waiver. For additional information, please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for AP staff and Total Compensation.

Positions require a Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, or other related field and professional experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified. Any equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis. Expertise with R statistical programming or related software. Education or applied experience in correlated data analysis, including generalized estimating equations and random-effects modeling.

Excellent communication skills, in particular the ability to clearly convey complex statistical concepts and analytic results to diverse audiences, including non-methodologist researchers and non-scientists, both in person, virtually and in writing. Proactive problem-solving skills, ability to work independently, and ability to take the appropriate autonomous initiative to carry out study-related functions and understand the full context of research study populations, research study focus area and reason for study.

Ethical integrity and a strong commitment to confidentiality in dealing with scientific data and results. Excellent time management and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously. Experience working…