Statistician

A cover letter is required for consideration for this position and should be attached as the first page of your resume.  The cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position. This will be used to assess your written communication skills.

The Cancer Data Science (CDS) Shared Resource at the University of Michigan is currently seeking a biostatistician to join a team of multi-disciplinary oncology researchers engaged in preclinical, translational, and clinical oncology research to grow the research goals of UM's Rogel Cancer Center. You will work with the CDS Shared Resource on their mission is to enhance the quality of Rogel Cancer Center research through the use of effective, appropriate and state-of-the-art statistical and bioinformatics methods. You will report to the director of the Center for Cancer Biostatistics. Outstanding candidates at all levels are encouraged to apply. 

This position is term-limited for three years with the possibiity of extension based on the availability of funding.

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• Statistical analysis of laboratory and clinical data research into new and existing therapies for cancer.
• Summarize data with descriptive statistics, working with collaborators to define scientific questions, formulating models and methods to draw inference from the data, applying the appropriate statistical methods to the data, producing and presenting results of the statistical analysis.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary clinical and/or translational cancer research efforts across the cancer center. Assist in grant writing endeavors for collaborative grants; co-author, revise, and draft peer-reviewed manuscripts and statistical sections of grant proposals
• Utilize statistical, mathematical, and machine learning skills to build algorithms and identification new technologies available for analytical area
• Support downstream biological, clinical and translational interpretations.
• Manage and organize databases. Work with owners and controllers of databases to maintain access and understand content as well as merging data, inconsistency checking and data cleaning.
• Participate in research group meetings to form and refine research objectives, attend lab meetings, oversee 1-2 graduate students, complete continuing professional education courses.
• Help write publications and other reports.
• Assist faculty and supervise junior staff and analysts to run analyses with existing pipelines as well as guiding them to develop pipelines with some customization.

• Senior level: Masters or PhD degree in bio/-statistics, data science or closely related quantitative field. 3+ years of professional experience.
• Intermediate level: Masters degree in bio/-statistics, data science or closely related quantitative field. 1+ years of professional experience.
• Experience collaborating with biomedical researchers.
• Experience in management and statistical analyses of biomedical and health data.
• Proficiency in SAS, R, or other statistical software.

This position may be underfilled at a lower classification depending on the qualifications of the selected candidate. Please note the salary ranges for each classification:

Statistician Senior: $64,299 - $80,078

Statistician Intermediate: $49,904- $61,646

In addition to a career filled with purpose and opportunity, The University of Michigan offers a comprehensive benefits package to help you stay well, protect yourself and your family and plan for a secure future. Benefits include:

• Generous time off
• A retirement plan that provides two-for-one matching contributions with immediate vesting
• Many choices for comprehensive health insurance
• Life insurance
• Long-term disability coverage
• Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care expenses

The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Job openings are posted for a minimum of seven calendar days.  This job may be removed from posting boards and filled anytime after the minimum posting period has ended.

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.