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The Center for Healthcare Delivery Science (CHDS) at Nemours Children's Health is seeking a full-time Masters-level Biostatistician. The Biostatistician will assist the Senior Biostatistician and expand the biostatistics capabilities of CHDS by offering assistance with designing clinical research studies, writing statistical sections of research proposals, calculating sample size and power, managing, analyzing and interpreting data, and writing the statistical analysis results of the studies.

All applicants must have US employment authorization.

The CHDS is a research center across the Nemours enterprise. Anne E. Kazak, Ph.D., ABPP is the enterprise director, Melissa A. Alderfer, Ph.D. is the Center Director in Delaware and Susana R. Patton, Ph.D., ABPP is the Center Director in Florida. The CHDS includes 17 investigators that study ways to improve health care, health equity, education, and health and wellness beyond medicine for children, youth and their families. Research projects span a variety of topics, including resilience, experiences of adversity (e.g., housing instability, post-partum depression, racism, caregiver loss, maltreatment), specific medical conditions (diabetes, cancer, cardiac conditions, obesity, sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, chronic pain), transition to adult healthcare, and other resources and challenges (early care and education, COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, environmental justice, cardiovascular risks).

The successful candidate will have a strong background in statistics, excellent experience in programming for data management and complex data analysis in at least one major statistical software program (e.g., SAS, R, Stata, SPSS), solid understanding of clinical/biomedical research, excellent communication skills, flexibility and ability to handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines, and be adept at promoting teamwork, building relationships and gaining the confidence of other professionals to work effectively in a multidisciplinary research environment. Experience and demonstrated expertise in design and analysis of clinical trials/non-clinical and epidemiological research studies is highly desirable. Qualified applicants should have a Masters level degree in statistics, biostatistics, or a closely related field.

Send resume and cover letter outlining your qualifications and experience, including contact information for two references to Dr. Kamyar Arasteh (Kamyar.Arasteh@nemours.org)