Statistician for Substance Use Research & Clinical Trials

University Of Michigan; Ann Arbor (MI); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical, dental and vision

2:1 retirement match

Job summary

The University of Michigan is seeking a statistician to support research on substance use disorders within the Psychiatry Department. You will clean, manage, analyze, and interpret longitudinal and cross-sectional data, draft analysis plans, and produce reports and visuals.

Collaboration with investigators and patient-facing staff is essential. The role emphasizes detailed data management, QA, and adherence to human subjects protections while supporting clinical trial data analyses and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a recognized field of science or learning directly related to duties
• 1-3 years professional experience
• Candidates must be detailed oriented, able to work in a cooperative team, and have excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
• Adept at multi-tasking, able to work independently, maintain orderly records and seek guidance as needed
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, critical thinking, and attentiveness to detail are required

Responsibilities

• Data cleaning for cross-sectional, longitudinal, and linked datasets; occasional use of administrative data from EHRs and paradata from web-based or mobile programs
• Linkage of data across platforms and programs to ensure accurate reporting (e.g., EnrollNow/Ripple, Excel, SAS/SPSS/R, Qualtrics)
• Maintaining logs of data cleaning activities, including reproducible code
• Ongoing quality assurance monitoring for data integrity
• Data analysis and interpretation of analyses using various datasets, including clinical trial results
• Assisting with data reporting to external sources (e.g., data repositories, funders, ClinicalTrials.gov) and preparation for dissemination products; possible co-authorship
• Maintaining appropriate human subjects research certifications

Skills

Data cleaning

Multitasking

Interpersonal skills

Attention to detail

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or related field

Tools

Excel

SAS/SPSS/R

Qualtrics

Ripple/EnrollNow

Job description

The University of Michigan is seeking a statistician to support research on substance use disorders within the Psychiatry Department. You will clean, manage, analyze, and interpret longitudinal and cross-sectional data, draft analysis plans, and produce reports and visuals.

Collaboration with investigators and patient-facing staff is essential. The role emphasizes detailed data management, QA, and adherence to human subjects protections while supporting clinical trial data analyses and