Senior Biostatistician

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Senior Biostatistician for the department of Pediatrics at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

The Senior Biostatistician will be a resource and leader who will support faculty in PopQuIS and those within the Joint Program in Population and Prevention Sciences (J3PS) – a joint program of the Department of Pediatrics and the Child Health Institute of NJ. In this role the Senior Biostatistician will support cutting edge, collaborative research, with a focus in the areas of systemic influences of health (e.g. social determinants of health, health system impacts, forces related to equity and disparities) and related to the health and health services research regarding individuals and populations, with a focus area including primary care research. The position requires knowledge of pragmatic biostatistics and high-level skills in statistical programming and analysis, as well as expertise in research methodology. He/she will perform advanced analyses independently and primarily in collaboration with the Division and Program Directors, faculty, research staff, and postdoctoral fellows, support faculty, other research staff, and postdoctoral fellow research. In coordination with the PopQuIS Division Director, the successful candidate will also be the lead individual to develop, curate, and manage a data center comprised of publicly available data under the direction of program leadership. The position may offer the opportunity to propose and to conduct independent studies of interest to program directors, faculty, and fellows; with the opportunity to develop presentations, posters, tables, and figures for publication and presentation, both independently and under the guidance of faculty, fellows and staff. The position may require the opportunity to mentor and manage research staff, especially regarding data acquisition integration, management, analysis, and presentation.

Among the key duties of this position are the following: