Biostatistical Consultant I, Neurology

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?
With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! 

JOB SUMMARY
Works under general direction to provide statistical consultation for faculty, staff, and students. 

This role collaborates with Dr. Salter, research staff, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure high quality study design, data integrity, and accurate interpretation of statistical findings. The consultant contributes to research development through statistical analysis plans, data management strategies, and analytical execution to support publications, presentations, grants, and regulatory submissions.

This position will perform statistical analyses and apply machine-learning techniques to biomedical datasets.  This role emphasizes statistical reasoning, interpretation, and communication.  Experience performing statistical analyses in a biomedical or healthcare environment preferred.  The ideal candidate will have proficiency in R or SAS for statistical modeling and data analysis; familiarity with supervised machine-learning methods (e.g., penalized regression, random forests, gradient boosting) and appropriate model validation practices; and, the ability to clearly communicate analytical findings to investigators and collaborators. A master's degree in biostatistics, statistics, bioinformatics, computer science (with strong statistical training, epidemiology, or related quantitative field) will be highly considered.

Job duties will include:

• Conducting data cleaning, preparation, and quality checks.
• Performing statistical analyses including regression, longitudinal modeling, survival analysis, hypothesis testing, and data exploration.
• Applying appropriate machine-learning methods to biomedical data with an emphasis on clinical relevance, interpretability, and reproducibility.
• Conducting model validation using established performance metrics and cross-validation techniques.
• Documenting all analytical steps following reproducible research practices.
• Producing tables, figures, and analytic summaries for investigators.
• Assisting with preparation of statistical portions of manuscripts, abstracts, posters, and grant applications.

BENEFITS
UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100%25 coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education
  Master's Degree In biostatistics or related discipline, or MPH with a concentration in biostatistics 
   

• Experience
  1 year In statistical consulting with preference given to experience working in biomedical or health care environment and 
  Requires working knowledge of SAS, SPSS or other major statistical package (S+, R, etc.) and Microsoft Office (ACCESS and EXCEL) 
   

JOB DUTIES

• Collaborates with investigators to identify problems and provide statistical consultation including design of experiments of survey, analysis of data, interpretation of results and preparation of reports.
• Writes statistical portion of manuscript based on results of analysis and address manuscript revisions based on reviewer's comments.
• Assists client data organization.
• Performs statistical computations.
• Provides graphical and tabular representations.
• Develops, maintains and modifies programs for in-house use.
• Collaborates with investigators in grant development including statistical design of studies and preparation of statistical portion of grant proposal.
• Performs non-statistical components of consulting such as providing analogous examples and explanations using non-technical terminology, and helping researchers formulate and clarify research issues.
• Visits client's work field whenever possible to establish rapport and to become familiar with and interested in client's research and data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security
This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO
UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.