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Department: MED-Preventive Medicine
Salary/Grade: EXS/8

Job Summary:

Northwestern University Data Analysis and Coordinating Center (NUDACC) of the Feinberg School of Medicine (FSM) is recruiting a Master’s-level statistical analyst to join a highly collegial academic environment in the expanding Division on Biostatistics in FSM’s Department of Preventive Medicine. Responsibilities will include collaboration with biostatistics faculty and research investigators on data monitoring, summary reporting and the statistical analysis of clinical and epidemiological projects under the direction of doctoral-level biostatisticians (faculty). Specific opportunities for collaborations are with the Glycemic Observation and Metabolic Outcomes in Mothers and Offspring (GO MOMs) study and the Hyperglycemia and Adverse Pregnancy Outcome (HAPO) ancillary ‘omics’ studyies.  Duties will include ongoing summarizing and reporting of accumulating data; querying, extracting, managing and analyzing multiple, complex datasets; ensuring data integrity, quality, and timeliness of results; data preparation for public access; overseeing the deployment of reporting and analytical solutions; statistical analysis of high-dimensional continuous glucose monitoring data; and statistical analysis of high-dimensional epigenetics and other omics data. Partners with clients to design, develop, implement and maintain business solutions regarding data management and analysis.  This includes database administration, data consolidation, data analysis and management reporting.  Utilizes software to generate metrics and develops actionable recommendations.  Collaborates with various function teams such as marketing, research, and IT to achieve business results.  Level of appointment and responsibilities will be commensurate with experience and education.  

Specific Responsibilities:

Strategic Planning

• Manages and plans for data/analysis requests and projects.
• Provides consultation to customers on appropriate data management, methodological issues and statistical analyses.
• Collaborates with technical staff explaining needs of functional users. Serve on committees related to data structure and governance.                     
• Assist in development of data management and statistical analysis plans.                                                                                                                            

Administration

• Reviews reports before presentation to ensure quality and accuracy.
• Develops and maintains documentation of process for quality assurance and reporting methodology
• Defines, develops and communicates new standards and best practices. 
• Maintains study databases; runs ad hoc queries and analyses.
• Cleans and organizes data in preparation for analyses.
• Prepares and edits data summaries on a weekly basis.
• Helps interpret results and write reports; prepares tables, figures, listings, and output files for

Development

• Develops queries and quality metrics.
• Interprets results using a variety of techniques, ranging from simple data aggregation via statistical analysis to complex statistical analysis.
• Determines data structure for local datasets.

Performance

• Develops and documents standards for data quality and regulatory compliance pertaining to reporting.
• Ensures quality and compliance by reviewing reports
• Performs range, logic and consistency checks, reporting errors when necessary.
• Prepares analysis programs and reports to monitor data accrual and quality.
• Performs statistical analysis of high-dimensional continuous glucose monitoring data.
• Performs statistical analysis of high-dimensional epigenetics and other omics data.

Miscellaneous

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Successful completion of a full 4-year course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a bachelor's or higher degree in a major such as biostatistics, statistics, public health (with a focus in biostatistics or epidemiology) or related with 4 years of data analysis/report writing or similar experience required; OR appropriate combination of education and experience; OR
• Successful completion of a full course of study in an accredited college or university leading to a master's or higher degree in a major such as biostatistics, statistics, public health (with a focus in biostatistics or epidemiology) or related with 2 years of data analysis/report writing or similar experience required; OR appropriate combination of education and experience.
• Please see information highlighted below.
  • Infrastructure
    • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook)
  • Programming Languages and Frameworks
    • PL/SQL
    • R
  • Compliance
    • HIPAA
    • IRB
  • Analytical
    • Critical thinking
    • Data modeling
    • database design/ data structure
    • Debugging
    • decision making
    • judgment
    • metadata creation and management
    • problem solving
  • Project
    • Code documentation
    • Collaboration and teamwork
    • Organizational skills
    • Planning
    • Workflow development & documentation

Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.)

• Communicates effectively one-on-one, or in small groups.
• Strong organization and problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in database design.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in data science, biostatistics or statistics; or equivalent level of education or experience.
• Proficiency with R and SQL programming for data management and analysis.
• Commitment to writing clean, well-documented code.
• Experience with Github- preferred but not required.
• Experience working with high dimensional ‘omics’ data.

Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities)

• Ability to work independently to efficiently accomplish specific responsibilities.
• Proficiency in REDCap – preferred but not required.
• Proficiency in R Markdown, knitR, or LaTex – preferred, but not required.
• Knowledge of medical/institutional research procedures.

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