Statistician II in Yale Cancer Center

Company Information: To assist faculty from the Yale Center for Analytic Sciences (YCAS) collaborative core in the delivery of biostatistical/ epidemiologic support to clinical investigators at the Yale Cancer Center.

Duties & Responsibilities: 1.Interact with the YCAS collaborative team to provide biostatistical and epidemiologic support to clinical investigators from the Yale Cancer Center from the hypothesis generation phase through the dissemination of results. 2.Independently carry out analyses for many types of data and types of cancer related studies including clinical trials and biomarker studies. 3.Prepare written reports that summarize the analysis of research data, interpret the findings and provide conclusions and recommendations. 4.Determine appropriate statistical approach and conduct statistical analysis of data from observational and experimental clinical research studies in cancer. Requires the use of methods for longitudinal analysis including linear mixed modeling, generalized linear mixed models, generalized estimating equations, survival analysis, as well as methods to deal with missing data (i.e. likelihood techniques, imputation, weighting). 5.Meet with investigators to assess data management/statistical needs. 6.Prepare statistical sections for manuscripts, protocols and grants. 7.Work on several projects concurrently. 8.Perform power calculations and draft written descriptions for grants, protocols and manuscripts. 9.Extract research data from Yale TrialDB- a customizable web-based clinical trials database system, merge files and prepare data for analysis. 10.Integrate, manage and oversee student intern participation in research projects. 11.To teach clinical investigators the basics of biostatistics: conducting lectures and instructing computer labs for the Introduction to Biostatistics in Clinical Research graduate course.

Position Qualifications: Education 1.Master's degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology or related field with 4 years experience in a clinical research setting. 2.Preferred: Two years’ experience working in a cancer research environment with expertise in studies related to cancer including early phase clinical trials and/or biomarker studies. Experience in longitudinal and regression modeling with missing data, survival analysis, and categorical data analysis; and sample size and power calculations. Skills and Abilities 1.Excellent written and oral communication skills. 2.Excellent organization skills with the ability to multi-task by setting working priorities among a number of conflicting demands. 3.Proficiency with multiple statistical packages (SAS, SPSS, STATA, S-Plus). 4.Working knowledge of longitudinal methods with missing data, regression modeling, survival analysis, categorical analysis and sample size determination. 5.Ability to work in a collaborative environment with the Biostatistics team and clinical investigators having differing quantitative and clinical backgrounds. 6.Ability to write, discuss and present the statistical aspects of studies with Biostatistics team and clinical investigators.

Salary Range: Depends on qualifications

Benefits: http://www.yale.edu/hronline/benefits/

Web Site: http://medicine.yale.edu/ysph/biostat/index.aspx

Application Address: http://www.yale.edu/hronline/careers/application/ external/index.html

Contact Email: alicia.lakomski@yale.edu

Application Deadline: Until Filled