Description

Department:

85042 Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Academic Public Health Sciences: Epidemiology

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

First shift

Pay Range
$46.55 - $69.85

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: Master's degree in Biostatistics or Statistics with seven years' experience in statistics. Experience in analyzing data using statistical package(s) required. Experience working in a biomedical environment preferred.

LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, and/or REGISTRATION: N/A

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. 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.
2. Assumes major responsibilities on research projects, including administrative duties (e.g., budget preparation and justification, planning and/or proposing staffing patterns, coordinating training sessions).
3. Assumes leadership responsibilities on committees, working groups, and research project teams including directing and/or supervising project personnel, coordinating quality control efforts, and serving on writing teams.
4. Designs statistical analyses and report generation procedures for specific research studies, and write statistical methods and results sections of reports and publications.
5. Develops the statistical design and planned analyses for research grant proposals and takes primary responsibility for writing statistical design, including sample size, and statistical considerations in grant proposals for faculty throughout the School.
6. Applies for specific extramural grants (e.g., NIH R-O3, private foundation) as principal investigator.
7. Prepares scientific manuscripts and abstracts including primary authorship of research papers.
8. Makes oral presentations at professional/scientific meetings, workshops, and seminar series.
9. Participates in teaching of statistics topics within graduate programs.
10. Supervises the work of Biostatisticians I, II, III and Analyst/Programmers serving on the same projects.
11. Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS:

Ability to organize data and communicate statistical concepts to non-statisticians

Ability to write statistical considerations for grant proposals

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

Clean, comfortable, office environment

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Amount of time spent performing the following activities:

0%

35%

65%

to

to

to

35%

65%

100%

N/A

Activity

X

Standing

X

Walking

X

Sitting

X

Bending

X

Reaching with arms

X

Finger and hand dexterity

X

Talking

X

Hearing

X

Seeing

Lifting, carrying, pushing and or pulling:

X

20 lbs. maximum

X

50 lbs. maximum

X

100 lbs. maximum

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation's largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.

Collaborates independently with biomedical researchers in designing and implementing studies, analyzing data, and publishing results from research projects. Assume primary responsibility for writing statistical design, methods, and analysis for research proposals.