Mid Level Statistician / Epidemiologist

About the role

Pinao is seeking a Mid-Level Epidemiologist to support the Vision Center of Excellence (VCE). The VCE develops and implements research and programmatic efforts to optimize diagnosis, prevention, mitigation, rehabilitation, and treatment of injuries and disorders affecting the visual system of Service Members and Veterans. This process involves identification and application of evidence-based best practices, collaboration among various stakeholders, and use of information management systems to improve vision outcomes for all Service Members and Veterans treated by the DoD and VA. The VCE integrates clinical care practice with education and training of residents and research and surveillance efforts to serve as a primary resource for vision health at national and regional levels. This position serves as a member of the Epidemiology Team at the VCE and provides epidemiologic and analytic support to VCE operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide subject matter expertise in epidemiology and research methods to support projects and related program needs.
• Provide analytic support by performing statistical analysis using R, Python, or other designated statistical analysis software.
• Perform descriptive and inferential analyses and use data visualization to present findings at meetings and/or in reports or manuscripts.
• Conduct data cleaning and data wrangling of data pulled from select DHA information systems such as the MHS Mart (M2) and the Defense and Veterans Eye Injury and Vision Registry (DVEIVR).
• Assist with review of internal and external data requests that require epidemiologic analysis.
• Collaborate with VCE clinicians and other stakeholders to determine study objectives, hypotheses, and methods for their proposed research, and apply appropriate statistical metrics, such as disease incidence/prevalence, risk ratios, correlations, and time-to-event analysis.
• Work with other VCE teams as needed to facilitate data collection, data management, and data quality control ensure a systematic response to data requests.
• Attend meetings with clinicians and other team members as needed for consultation.
• Work with team members to troubleshoot programming issues.
• Ensure data integrity and data security in handling and management of data.

Qualifications

To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below.

• Proven record of epidemiologic investigations with specific experience in ocular trauma and vision-threatening conditions.
• Experience in working with clinical related data and conducting epidemiologic and bio-statistical analysis.
• Extensive experience in data analysis and research methods.
• Intermediate or advanced analytical capabilities.
• Experience in applied epidemiology and statistics including survival analysis, generalized linear model, causal inference, and data visualization.
• Strong skills in analyzing complex data from multiple sources and data wrangling using the programming language R.
• Effective communications in multidisciplinary collaboration.
• Proficiency at preparing clear and concise reports, manuscripts, and other written materials.

Education

• Master's Degree in statistics, epidemiology, or a related field; AND three (3) years of experience in performing epidemiological analyses; OR an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Security Clearance

• DoD Secret Security Clearance is required.

Pay

• Salary Range: $105,000- $110,000