Research Statistician (Part-Time)

About the role

Statistician will work in the area of psychosocial health. The position requires high-level expertise in psychology, research design, data preprocessing, and applied statistics. Key responsibilities include preprocessing data for analysis, performing complex data analysis, manuscript writing, publishing research findings in peer-reviewed journals, and mentoring junior researchers.

Responsibilities

• Data Preprocessing: Cleaning data extracted from medical records and/or RedCap survey software; restructuring data (e.g., going from wide to long or vice versa); identifying and reporting data errors through descriptives and frequency statistics; calculating variables (e.g., sum scores, averages of scale items); ensuring data align with codebook
• Statistical Analysis: Conducting advanced statistical models (e.g., multilevel modeling, structural equation modeling) to test hypotheses; writing up statistical findings in both paragraph and table/figure form
• Manuscript Writing: Crafting manuscript sections (e.g., introduction, methods, results, discussion) to convey the research question, study design, and outcomes of the results; submitting manuscript for publication in journal portal
• Mentoring Junior Researchers: Guiding other staff/students in conducting statistics (e.g., t-tests, linear regression); guiding other staff/students in creating tables for statistical results (e.g., bar graphs, line graphs)
• Participating in meetings: Meetings regarding data processing (including format of the data needed to match codebooks); meetings regarding planning and interpreting statistical analyses

Required Qualifications

• Advanced degree in a related field conducting inferential/applied statistics
• 4+ years of graduate-level research experience in psychology or a related field
• Experience with statistical software (e.g., SPSS, R, Stata)
• Advanced understanding of inferential statistical methods and applied data analysis
• Excellent scientific writing and public presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and manage multiple research tasks

Desired Qualifications

• 5+ peer-reviewed publications in recognized scientific journals
• Experience supervising or mentoring research assistants or students

This position is fully on campus.