Biostatistician 1

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The University of Miami/UHealth Department of Public Health has an exciting opportunity for a temporary full time Biostatistician 1 to work remote. 

• Formulates analysis plans and writes detailed specifications for analysis of files, consistency checks, tables, and figures.
• Communicates with clients regarding statistical analysis issues.
• Interprets analyses and writes statistical sections of study reports.
• Prepares results for progress reports, presentations, and peer-reviewed publications.
• Maintains and documents studies’ databases.
• Consults with study investigators on planning and specifying statistical analysis.
• Provides support to resolve barriers to analysis and consults with other methodologists and statisticians.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

The Biostatistician will provide statistical and methodological support for research projects in Preventive Sciences. Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with investigators and research team members to develop study designs, statistical analysis plans, research protocols, and analytical strategies.
• Conducting statistical analyses of epidemiological, clinical, behavioral, and other research data related to preventive health and disease prevention.
• Performing data cleaning, management, quality control, and preparation of datasets for statistical analysis.
• Applying appropriate statistical methods to evaluate research questions, study outcomes, risk factors, associations, and intervention effects.
• Developing and implementing statistical models, including descriptive statistics, hypothesis testing, regression analyses, longitudinal analyses, survival analyses, and other appropriate analytical approaches.
• Using statistical analysis software and programming tools, including R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, and Python, as appropriate for the research project and analytical requirements.
• Developing reproducible statistical programs, scripts, and workflows to support data analysis and quality control.
• Creating statistical tables, graphs, visualizations, and data summaries to communicate research findings effectively.
• Interpreting statistical results and communicating findings to investigators and other research team members.
• Assisting with the preparation of statistical reports, abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and grant applications.
• Supporting the development and evaluation of research measures, outcomes, and data collection instruments.
• Conducting data quality assessments and identifying potential issues related to missing data, outliers, data distributions, and study variables.
• Ensuring accuracy, reproducibility, and appropriate documentation of statistical analyses and programming procedures.
• Participating in research meetings and providing statistical consultation throughout the development, implementation, analysis, and dissemination phases of Preventive Sciences research projects.
• Maintaining organized documentation of statistical methods, programming code, datasets, analytical outputs, and results.