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Biostatistician (Neurology)

The Johns Hopkins University

Role overview

Qualifications

  • Master's Degree in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or related quantitative field
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience
  • Developing Data Management and Analysis skills
  • Developing Statistical Programming skills

Responsibilities

  • Analyze large scale, longitudinal data from electronic health records and other sources
  • Provide expertise on statistical design, data management, and data analyses
  • Use and expand existing SAS and R programs for data cleaning and organization
  • Collaborate with data managers to identify and resolve issues with study data

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Quality Assurance
  • Problem Solving
  • Communication
  • Collaboration
  • Decision Making

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The Johns Hopkins University

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We are America’s first research university, founded in 1876 on the principle that by pursuing big ideas and sharing what we learn, we can make the world a better place. For more than 140 years, our faculty and students have worked side by side in pursuit of discoveries that improve lives. Johns Hopkins enrolls more than 24,000 full- and part-time students throughout nine academic divisions. Our faculty and students study, teach, and learn across more than 260 programs in the arts and music, the humanities, the social and natural sciences, engineering, international studies, education, business, and the health professions.The university has four campuses in Baltimore; one in Washington, D.C.; one in Montgomery County, Maryland; and facilities throughout the Baltimore-Washington region as well as in China and Italy. The university takes its name from 19th-century Maryland philanthropist Johns Hopkins, an entrepreneur who believed in improving public health and education in Baltimore and beyond.

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IndustryHigher Education
Company size10001

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The Department of Neurology is seeking a Biostatistician for the BIOS Division in the School of Medicine. The Biostatistician will analyze large scale, longitudinal data. Analyzed data is abstracted and extracted from electronic health records, laboratory and pharmacy databases, and patient reported outcomes surveys.

The Biostatistician will provide expertise on statistical design, data management (including data quality control), and data analyses to answer research questions using observational and longitudinal data. The Biostatistician will participate as a coauthor on manuscripts and presentations reporting study results.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

  • Use and expand existing SAS and R programs to clean and organize incoming JHHCC and CNICS data.
  • Identify potential problems with study data and collaborate with data managers to resolve issues.
  • Read concept sheets and draft statistical analysis plans specific to research objectives.
  • Generate analytic data sets, codebooks, and other documentation.
  • Analyze individual-level data to answer scientific questions of interest.
  • Prepare data tables and figures for publication and presentation at scientific meetings.
  • Contribute to technical/scientific writing and review drafts of concept sheets, reports, posters, and manuscripts, particularly descriptions of statistical methods and interpretation of results.
  • Document decision making during conduct of studies and archive code for purposes of reproducibility of research findings.
  • Navigate shared files and contribute to shared files to create a transparent research workspace.
  • Assist with writing approach section of research proposals.
  • Attend meetings and provide status updates on data processing and research projects.
  • Use professional judgment in handling sensitive information.
  • Other duties as assigned.

In addition to the duties above

  • Support development of statistical analysis plans and data collections tools (e.g. CRFs).
  • Develop specifications for derived datasets used to generate data summaries and statistical analysis.
  • Program derived datasets to generate data summaries and statistical analysis.
  • Develop table, listings, and figures (TLFs) shells in preparation for analysis programming.
  • Program TLFs to support safety reviews (including DSMBs), publications, and ongoing study reporting.
  • Program additional ad hoc requests to support clinical trial conduct and reporting including: sample size calculations and data missingness.
  • Collaborate with project management to develop timelines for analysis.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or related quantitative field.
  • Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.


Preferred Qualifications

Technical Skills & Expected Level of Proficiency

  • Biostatistical Analysis - Developing
  • Data Management and Analysis - Developing
  • Data Validation and Quality Assurance - Developing
  • Data Visualization - Developing
  • Regulatory Compliance - Developing
  • Reproducible Research Practices - Developing
  • Scientific Communication - Developing
  • Statistical Methods - Developing
  • Statistical Programming - Developing

The core technical skills listed are most essential; additional technical skills may be required based on specific division or department needs.

Classified Title: Biostatistician  
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD  
Starting Salary Range: $57,195 - $100,040 Annually ($78,620 Targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: M-F 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Remote 
Department name: SOM Neuro BIOS  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

 

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