Statistician - School of Public Health

UTHealth Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 39,000 - 69,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

100% paid medical premiums for full‑t…

Generous time off

Longevity Pay

Retirement plan

Job summary

UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Houston is seeking a part-time Statistician (Casual/15 hrs per week) to provide statistical and computational support for research on large datasets, including wearable, clinical, epidemiological, and genomic data.

Ideal candidates will have strong statistical programming and data-management skills and experience working with large multimodal datasets and reproducible analytic workflows, with residency in Texas required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field is required.
• 2 years of experience in analysis and presentation of statistical data.
• Comfort with cloud computing environments and large datasets.

Responsibilities

• Conducts statistical analyses and reports.
• Supervises the routing tabulation of data; edits and analyzes the final material in the form of reports and records, including detail and summary tables, graphs, and charts.
• Performs statistical analyses from both large and small samples of data.
• Calculates medians, percentiles and coefficients of correlation.
• Tests data for sampling errors and for significance differences between samples.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Statistical programming

Data management

Reproducible workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Job description

We are hiring a Statistician (Casual/ 15 hrs week) to join the UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Houston. In this role, you will provide statistical and computational support for research using large datasets, including wearable, clinical, epidemiological, and genetic/genomic data. Works in cloud or high-performance computing environments and supports studies involving sleep, bioinformatics, and population health. Ideal candidate should be comfortable with cloud computing (Google cloud, AWS, etc).

What we do here changes the world.

UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave.

It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees!

As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Responsible for the application of standard statistical methods for conducting analysis and preparing reports.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Conducts statistical analyses and reports.
• Supervises the routing tabulation of data; edits and analyzes the final material in the form of reports and records, including detail and summary tables, graphs, and charts.
• Performs statistical analyses from both large and small samples of data.
• Calculates medians quantities, percentiles and coefficients of correlation.
• Tests data for sampling errors and for significance differences between samples.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

• Strong statistical programming and data-management skills.
• Ability to work with large, multimodal datasets and reproducible analytic workflows.

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field required

Minimum Experience:

• 2 years of experience in analysis and presentation of statistical data required May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code

• 51.215 and Texas Government Code
• 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
• 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
• 791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.