Baylor College of Medicine · 2 months ago
Lead Biostatistician - USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
7+ years expBaylor College of Medicine is seeking a full-time Lead Biostatistician for the Biostatistics and Research Data Core at the USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center. This role involves leading statistical activities, overseeing data management and analysis for clinical trials, and providing training to junior staff while ensuring the integrity and accuracy of research data.
EducationHigher EducationPharmaceutical
Responsibilities
Participates in the supervision, training and evaluation of Core personnel and designated trainees
Coordinates the daily activities of the Core and works with appropriate managerial personnel to prioritize projects and organize work groups and meetings
Collaborates with management to define organizational goals and strategic plans
Coordinates efforts between various stakeholders and coordinates project activities; provides guidance to personnel responsible for specific functions or phases of the project
Assists with creating or reviewing deliverables for supporting sustainability activities, including standard operating procedures and technical materials
Performs complex statistical analysis for projects and research grants. This may include developing statistical programs for data manipulation and implementation of standard and advanced statistical methodology
Leads research and evaluation studies promoting the proper use of statistical methodology, interpretation of results, and methods development by refining current methods, integrating different methods, or creating novel methods
Ensures the statistical integrity and accuracy of research data
Performs protocol reviews, statistical report generation, manuscript preparation, review of statistical literature and upgrades of computer programming software
Assists with dissemination of mathematical or statistical concepts to a non-statistical audience
Is comfortable with joining interdisciplinary project teams to provide technical and conceptual support as needed
Assists with creating or reviewing documentation for supporting Core operations including project inventories, data archiving, and standard operating procedures
Leads team development activities including mentoring and technical support
Participates in project tracking activities
Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics or a related field
Seven years of relevant experience
Preferred
PhD with at least 2 years of experience managing a team
Experience with conducting power calculations and writing the statistical section of grants
Background in nutrition, obesity, cardiometabolic disease, aging research, or related health field
Experience with SAS software
Team management/training others in statistical principles, data analysis, or computer programs
Excellent technical writing skills for describing statistical methods or findings of statistical investigations, promotes team science approach, experience with writing the statistical section of grants
Company
Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine, located in the Texas Medical Center, is a health sciences university located in Houston, Texas
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$10.85MKey Investors
National Human Genome Research InstituteNational Heart, Lung and Blood InstituteCancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas
2024-12-05Grant· $3.5M
2024-09-26Grant
2024-09-19Grant
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Peggy Smith
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