Biostatistician 2, S-SPIRE (Hybrid Opportunity)

About the Position

This position is based on the Stanford campus and operates in a hybrid model (on‑site and remote) as needed. It is part of the Stanford‑Surgery Policy Improvement Research and Education (S‑SPIRE) Unit, which is dedicated to improving the value of healthcare through policy‑informing research, fostering a surgical health services research community, and developing innovative mixed methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design study.
• Develop and implement protocol for quality control.
• Create analytic files with detailed documentation.
• Select appropriate statistical tools for addressing a given research question.
• Implement data analysis through statistical programming.
• Present results for investigators using graphs and tables.
• Summarize findings orally and in written form.
• Participate in the preparation of papers for publication.
• Consult with investigators on appropriate statistical approaches to data analyses; assist in study design and proposal development.
• Mentor collaborators in areas of experimental design, quality control, and statistical analysis.
• Develop oral and written dissemination of findings for conference presentations and peer‑reviewed journal articles.
• Oversee lower‑level staff on issues related to quality control and creation of analysis files.

Minimum Education and Experience

Master’s degree in biostatistics, statistics, or a related field and three years of relevant experience.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proficient in at least two of the following: R, SAS, SPSS, or STATA.
• Skills in descriptive analysis, data modeling, and graphic interfaces.
• Outstanding ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Demonstrated excellence in at least one area of expertise, which may include coordinating studies; statistical methodology such as missing data, survival analysis, statistical genetics, or informatics; statistical computing; database design (e.g., expertise in RedCAP or MySQL); graphical techniques (e.g., expertise in Illustrator).