Senior Biostatistician & Study Design Lead

Wake Forest University School of Medicine; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Wake Forest University School of Medicine seeks a senior Biostatistician to lead statistical collaboration on biomedical research. You will design studies, perform advanced analyses, and contribute to grant proposals and publications.

The role involves supervising statisticians and analysts, teaching in graduate programs, and presenting findings at scientific meetings. A master's degree in biostatistics or statistics with substantial experience is required, with a preference for biomedical work.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Biostatistics or Statistics with seven years of statistics experience.
• Experience in analyzing data using statistical packages.
• Experience working in a biomedical environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates independently or as co-investigator with other biomedical investigators and assists in developing objectives, designing sampling and randomization schemes, and data collection procedures to achieve study objectives.
• Assumes major responsibilities on research projects, including administrative duties (budget, staffing, training).
• Assumes leadership responsibilities on committees and project teams, directing personnel and coordinating quality control.
• Designs statistical analyses and report generation procedures for specific studies and writes methods/results sections of reports and publications.
• Develops statistical design and analyses for grant proposals and writes statistical sections including sample size considerations.
• Prepares scientific manuscripts and abstracts including primary authorship of papers.
• Makes oral presentations at professional meetings and participates in teaching statistics in graduate programs.
• Supervises Biostatisticians I-III and Analyst/Programmers on projects.

Skills

Leadership

Statistical communication

Grant proposal writing

Education

Master's degree in Biostatistics or Statistics

Tools

Statistical packages (R, SAS)

Job description

Wake Forest University School of Medicine seeks a senior Biostatistician to lead statistical collaboration on biomedical research. You will design studies, perform advanced analyses, and contribute to grant proposals and publications.

The role involves supervising statisticians and analysts, teaching in graduate programs, and presenting findings at scientific meetings. A master's degree in biostatistics or statistics with substantial experience is required, with a preference for biomedical work.