Job Description

Yale University offers exciting opportunities for achievement and growth in New Haven, Connecticut. Conveniently located between Boston and New York, New Haven is the creative capital of Connecticut with cultural resources that include three major museums, a critically acclaimed repertory theater, state-of-the-art concert hall, and world-renowned schools of Architecture, Art, Drama, and Music.

General Purpose:

The Yale/Yale New Haven Hospital Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE) is a leading national outcomes research center dedicated to transforming healthcare for the betterment of people and society by leveraging data, analytics and technology. We have assembled a talented, multidisciplinary group who are committed to developing solutions to the practical needs of medicine and healthcare. Our organization combines the highest academic ideals with a pragmatic approach that emphasizes the production of useful knowledge. We are distinguished by our creativity, dedication, experience and skills – and our commitment to having our work make a tangible difference to patients, the public and society.

Essential Duties:

• Develops operational procedures for collection, editing, verification, and management of statistical data
• Develops and implements relevant statistical programs to incorporate data from multiple projects
• Designs comprehensive relational databases with working knowledge of the scientific applications impacting on the data analysis and reporting
• Assists faculty and other research professionals with the formulation and description of appropriate statistical methods
• Evaluates research studies and recommends statistical procedures to analyze the data
• Carries out comprehensive statistical analysis for a broad spectrum of types of data and types of studies
• Integrates the research methodologies of multiple projects into bio-statistical analyses
• Prepares reports summarizing the analysis of research data, interpreting the findings and providing conclusions and recommendations
• Presents talks, seminars, or other oral presentations on the methodology and analysis used in scientific studies
• Assists investigators in preparation of research grant applications by writing research methods sections pertaining to acquisition, analysis, relevance and validity of data
• Participates in the preparation of manuscripts that are submitted for peer reviewed publication
• May supervise and provide training for lower level or less experienced employees

Required Education and Experience:

Master’s degree in Biostatistics, Statistics, or relevant field. Four or more years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Coursework in longitudinal data analysis, including survivorship methods and random effects models
• Advanced knowledge and related work experience utilizing SAS programming (SUDAAN, BUGS, S+, MSAccess) in longitudinal research investigations and biostatistical data analysis. Proficiency in fitting generalized linear models and mixed models
• Well-developed analytical, organizational, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work with investigators having differing clinical and epidemiological backgrounds
• Reliable, professional and flexible.

Preferred Education, Experience, and Skills:

• PhD degree preferred
• Publishing history as co-author and primary data analyst
• Proficiency in work with Medicare databases, with specific experience with CMS National Quality Improvement Project databases

We invite you to discover the excitement, diversity, rewards and excellence of a career at Yale University. One of the country's great workplaces, Yale University offers exciting opportunities for meaningful accomplishment and true growth. Our benefits package is among the best anywhere, with a wide variety of insurance choices, liberal paid time off, fantastic family and educational benefits, a variety of retirement benefits, extensive recreational facilities, and much more.

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