Biostatistician-Job Westat

Duties & Responsibilities: Westat is seeking a biostatistician to participate with academic and clinical investigators as part of a biostatistical and data management team responsible for the design, implementation, and analysis of multiple clinical trials and other health-related studies covering a wide range of medical areas. Responsibilities may include participating in all biostatistical aspects of the design and analysis of clinical trials and other health-related studies, such as writing the statistical sections of study protocols and statistical analysis plans; translating data analysis plans into specific, written instructions for programmers; identifying data elements corresponding to requested variables and providing specifications for creating any required composite or derived variables; assuring the analytic file is constructed correctly and that documentation is complete; reviewing output from programmers and other statisticians for accuracy and interpretation; extracting, annotating, reformatting, and summarizing computer output for presentation to investigators; confirming that documentation of computer programs and analyses are complete; and writing abstracts, presentations, reports, and manuscripts. Knowledge of statistical software necessary to implement statistical analyses is required. History of coauthorship on articles in scientific journals is a plus. This position is based in Philadelphia, PA.

 Company Information: Westat is an employee-owned corporation providing research services to agencies of the U.S. Government, as well as businesses, foundations, and state and local governments. In addition to our capabilities as a leading statistical survey research organization, Westat has developed skills and experience in custom research and program evaluation studies across a broad range of subject areas. Westat also has the technical expertise in survey and analytical methods, computer systems technology, biomedical science, and clinical trials to sustain a leadership position in all our research endeavors. Westat's research, technical, and administrative staff of more than 2,000 is located at our headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, near Washington, DC. Depending on the number of active projects at any time, up to several thousand data collection and processing staff work at Westat's survey processing facilities, at our Telephone Research Center facilities, and at data collection sites throughout the nation. Westat also maintains research offices near our clients in Bethesda, Maryland; Raleigh, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and Houston, Texas. Demonstrating technical and managerial excellence since 1963, Westat has emerged as one of the foremost contract research organizations in the United States.

Position Qualifications: Qualified candidates must possess strong interpersonal and written communications skills and exceptional organizational skills. A master’s degree in biostatistics or statistics and 5+ years of relevant experience, or a doctoral degree in biostatistics or statistics and a minimum of 1 year of postdoctoral experience is required.


Benefits: Westat offers excellent growth opportunities and an outstanding benefits package including life and health insurance, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), a 401(k) plan, flexible spending accounts, professional development, and tuition assistance.

Web Site: www.westat.com

Application Address: To apply, go to www.westat.com/jobs and enter the Job ID 6661BR in the space provided.

Contact Email: recruit@westat.com

Application Deadline: 09/01/2013