Location: Palo Alto, Ca
Name of Position: Biostatistician
The Quantitative Sciences Unit in the Department of Medicine at Stanford University is seeking a highly motivated, hard-working and professional statistical analyst to join their team. The successful candidate will join a vibrant team of academic statisticians and database experts working on a wide variety of collaborative projects in medicine. This position holds excellent career development opportunities.
Duties: •Consult with faculty on study design and data analysis. The incumbent will extract necessary information to design the study with optimal operating characteristics and to develop a sound statistical plan. •Statistical programming and data management to support QSU project work as directed by the senior-level statisticians. •Oral and written dissemination of findings for meetings with collaborators or for medical and/or statistical journal articles. The incumbent is required to participate in writing for grant development.
Qualifications: The applicant should hold a masters degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related field and 1 year of related experience. At least two years of experience manipulating large databases and doing data analysis is desirable. The applicant should have strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively. Experience with multiple statistical programming languages such as SAS and R is desired. U.S. work authorization required.
Number of Openings: 1
To apply: Interested applicants are required to apply at http://jobs.stanford.edu/find_a_job.html. Please enter "45886" in the Keyword Search field at the bottom of the screen.
Posted 1/30/2012