Research Biostatistician

Mass General Brigham•Boston, MA

10h•Hybrid

About The Position

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham. Job Summary Summary The Office of Clinical Research (OCR) is designed to provide infrastructure support to the investigative community, leading to a more effective and robust clinical research enterprise at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and across Mass General Brigham. This position involves project management for the statistical analyses and programming of clinical trials from small investigator-initiated studies to large scale international clinical trials. For the projects in which the successful candidate participates, the person will become an integral part of the research team from research development to protocol design to pre-designed statistical plan to analyses to manuscript preparation. Qualified candidates will have advanced formal training in statistics or biostatistics including design and analysis of observational and experimental studies, and strong statistical computing skills. The incumbent will work in collaboration with various clinical and research groups within Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Mass General Brigham to develop statistical analyses for investigational protocols. The highly-qualified Biostatistician will support clinical investigation including design and analysis of clinical studies, estimate sample size and power, interpret results and write statistical sections of papers and grants collaboration with investigators affiliated with Harvard Medical School, grant and protocol development and review, and teaching and mentoring of junior investigators.

Requirements

Qualified candidates will have advanced formal training in statistics or biostatistics including design and analysis of observational and experimental studies, and strong statistical computing skills.

Responsibilities

Work with investigators and other research personnel independently or with minimal supervision. Possess a solid understanding of the purpose, objectives and goals of each trial.
Collaborate with investigators to develop and perform statistical analyses (including planning, programming, analysis, interpretation and writing of results) for investigational protocols, subgroup and post-hoc projects and registry databases ending with preparation of manuscripts, abstracts and presentations at scientific meetings.
Informal teaching and clear communication with investigators regarding project statistics.
Design studies, perform power analysis and sample size justification.
Ability to independently derive clinical trial databases and perform validation analyses of ongoing clinical trials.
Contribute statistical sections and statistical guidance for grants and protocols. Determine and/or verify correct statistical testing to be performed in each analysis request.
Analyze data and write results. Rearranges data in a format that allows for accurate use as well as possible integration and pooling across trials.
Write methods sections
Meet deadlines.
Assure the maintenance of an up-to-date electronic archive recording data requests, statistical analyses, results, and data transmissions performed.
Administrative tasks such as tracking hours for projects.
Participate and contribute at research meetings.
Maintain department service standards as outlined in the BWH Code of Conduct
Other duties as requested by the OCR/CCI Operations Director. These may include web page development, utility programs, documentation, and/or teaching.