Biostatistician - Cancer Center

Biostatistician - Cancer Center

Hiring Department: Biostatistics Core, Shared Resources

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1024512

Posting Close Date: April 22, 2024

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

Description:

Position Summary
The Biostatistics Core within the UI Cancer Center is involved in all states of the research process, and provides study design, data management, statistical analysis, quality assurance, and study management services to a broad array of cancer-related clinical, preclinical, epidemiological, translational, and community-based research, in addition to review of protocols and grant applications.

The Biostatistician will work under the guidance of a senior biostatistician, investigator, or core director, and will provide statistical data support on design, analysis, interpretation and implementation to investigators for research/trial activities.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Collaborate in the development of study designs and implementation process for research, observational, and clinical project/trial to prepare and formalize statistical analysis plan, focusing on fundamental issues including specification of hypotheses and perform sample size or power calculations.

• Use statistical and medical understanding to appropriately perform and advise investigators in data collection, management and analyses for research, observational, and clinical project/trials; develop objectives and procedures for the project/trial; provide interpretation and documentation of scientific data analyses, creates summaries, and present results in written and verbal form to investigator(s).

• Performs a range of activities to facilitate the design of research projects and clinical trials; Contributes data analyses and interpretation for preparation and delivery of reports for peer-reviewed publication, grant proposal and application, and presentations.

• Collaborate with investigator(s) to ensure that project/trial results and conclusions are presented accurately and without bias.

• Clean, organizes and performs quality control of data in preparation for analyses; prepares and edits data summaries of data analyses.

• Attend project meetings with faculty, principal investigators, research staff, and other relevant stakeholders; Serve on research related committees such as the Protocol Review Committee (PRC) and/or Data Safety and Management Committee (DSMC).

• Partner with investigator(s) to jointly achieve objectives and timeliness.

• Manage and maintain all study data, records, and resource utilization in accordance with sponsor requirements and university policies and procedures.

• Maintain and update the Biostatistics Shared Resources (BSR) service request database, including generating monthly summary reports of service requests.

• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, or related field required.
• At least three years of related and recent experience in the analysis of quantitative research data within an academic environment required.
• Must understand biological processes, proper experimental designs, data analysis and interpretation of results in biostatistics; At least 1 year of experience in research and the integration of statistics application in biological principles.
• Experimental design including basic science, population-based science, biological sciences and/ or clinical trials studies addressing issues such as sampling recruitment, allocation of treatment(s ), randomization strategies, and development of an analytic plan.
• Thorough knowledge of applied aspects of observational and clinical study design, data analysis, research data management and statistical program is required through a combination of academic training and work experience.
• Experience in data management, cleaning and interrogating of data, and determine missing data elements as appropriate.
• Demonstrated proficiency using SAS, R, Stata, SPSS, or other relevant statistical programs.
• Computer skills using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel & PowerPoint). Proficient in preparing tables and graphs to present clinical data or research study results.
• Demonstrated skills in time management and project management. Strong focus on quality and timely delivery of work; ability to multi-task and work on concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills to develop and maintain effective professional work relationships with investigators in various disciplines. Ability to work well autonomously and in team environment with a wide range of varying stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing to a variety of audiences.

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