Health Biostatistician – Research & Outcomes

US-Department-of-Veterans-Affair; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Medical Research Service, seeks applicants with strong statistics experience to develop and test innovative care models and health-system interventions.

The role requires meeting IOR criteria, statistical expertise, and the ability to assist in study design and data analysis for health services research. Specialized experience at GS-12 level and familiarity with SAS, R, S-Plus, PASS, and related tools are

Qualifications

• Degree with 15 semester hours in statistics (or math and statistics with at least 6 stats hours) and 9 hours in sciences or related fields.
• Experience in professional statistical work: sampling, computing, analyzing data, and applying statistical techniques.
• Experience with biostatistics methods in research data analysis and study design.

Skills

Statistical methods

SAS

R

S-Plus

PASS

NQuery

StatXact

EAST

Visual Basic

Perl

Matlab

Education

Statistics-focused degree requirement (15 stats hours etc.)

Tools

SAS

R

S Plus

PASS

NQuery

StatXact

EAST

Visual Basic

Perl

Matlab

Job description

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Medical Research Service, seeks applicants with strong statistics experience to develop and test innovative care models and health-system interventions.

The role requires meeting IOR criteria, statistical expertise, and the ability to assist in study design and data analysis for health services research. Specialized experience at GS-12 level and familiarity with SAS, R, S-Plus, PASS, and related tools are