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Job Summary

The Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health invites applications for a Statistician in the Urban Health Collaborative. The position requires a detail-oriented and organized individual who will conduct statistical analyses, programming, data management, and data documentation activities for urban health-focused projects. This position will act as the statistical analyst for multiple projects and be responsible for developing and implementing statistical analysis plans and drafting methods and results sections for manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals. This position will also assist with programming, and data management as needed.

The position is based at the Urban Health Collaborative (UHC) at the Dornsife School of Public Health. The Statistician will work closely with Principal Investigators and Research and Data Core leads of the UHC.

Essential Functions

• Produce tables, graphs, plots, and other data summary reports and visualizations.
• Assist in acquisition of data from government agencies and other sources, including data cleaning and checking data quality as needed.
• Develop and implement statistical analysis plans for manuscripts including small area estimation, multilevel and longitudinal analyses. Drafting methods and results for abstracts and manuscripts for peer-reviewed journals.
• Develop and maintain detailed documentation for data cleaning, linkage, storage, and analyses of study data.
• Assist and supervise students, postdoctoral fellows, and other trainees with various data and analytic aspects.
• Develop and maintain detailed documentation for data cleaning, linkage, storage, and analyses of study data.
• Ensure data quality by performing rigorous data cleaning, error checking, and validation.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s degree in statistics, biostatistics, or related quantitative field or Equivalent
• Very detail oriented, extremely organized, and comfortable with multitasking
• Advanced data compilation and data management skills
• Possess excellent oral, written, analytical, organizational, and interpersonal skills
• Advanced programming skills in SAS, Stata, and/or R
• 4+ years experience managing and analyzing data for complex multisite research
• Experience drafting methods and results sections for manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals
• Experience with complex analyses including longitudinal, multilevel, and Bayesian methods

Preferred Qualifications

• Team oriented and experienced working with diverse groups of investigators, trainees, and students
• Working knowledge or ability to quickly learn other statistical programs as needed
• Experience spatial analyses highly desirable.

Location

• University City

Additional Information

This position is classified as exempt with a salary grade of L. For more information regarding Drexel’s Professional Staff salary structure, https://drexel.edu/hr/career/ducomp/salstructure/

Please review the Benefits Brochure for some information on our benefits offerings.

Special Instructions to the Applicant

Please make sure you upload your CV/resume and cover letter when submitting your application.

Review of applicants will begin once a suitable candidate pool is identified.