Statistician - Emphasis in Health and Social Science Methodologies

Job Summary:

The School of Nursing at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is seeking a Statistician - Emphasis in Health and Social Science Methodologies to join our Research Design and Statistics Unit and support our research and scholarship mission. We seek candidates with experience engaging in collaborative research projects and providing consultation on research design and analysis, including innovative analytical approaches. The ideal candidate will be an organized, detail-oriented person with strong oral, written, and visual communication skills who enjoys working on challenging, time-sensitive tasks in a team-based setting. The person in this position should have a collaborative, consultative approach to their work and foster professional working relationships across the School of Nursing and larger research network on campus. They must understand how their position fits within the School of Nursing's larger inclusive excellence framework, which means providing a welcoming, supportive, equitable environment where all can thrive.

The successful candidate will collaborate with a vibrant group of scientists and scholars conducting innovative and impactful research and scholarship aimed at improving health care services and individual and population health across the lifespan and continuum of care. Scientists in the School of Nursing conduct biomedical, clinical, health systems, health services, population health, social, and community research centered around the following priorities:

-Aging and care of older adults
-Children, family and reproductive health
-Health equity
-Public health and health systems
-Mental health and substance abuse
-Symptom science and palliative care
-Health informatics, data science, and artificial intelligence

The Research Design and Statistics Unit within the UW-Madison School of Nursing provides expertise to support design, methods, data-collection procedures, instrument development, data management, and analysis. Customized support is available for a wide range of computational requests, storage, and backup systems. All major statistical packages are utilized (e.g., R, STATA, SAS, NCSS, and SPSS), software for structural equation modeling (e.g., LISREL, Mplus, and EQS), software for hierarchical linear modeling (e.g., MLWin), and software for longitudinal and time series modeling (e.g., GLMM and Interrupted time series models). This position will work closely with the Director of the Research Design and Statistics Unit. A Research Database Administrator also works within the unit and assists with database design, monitoring data quality/integrity, data merging, and variable extraction, overall project management and workflow analysis, and data sharing.

The UW-Madison School of Nursing has enhanced healthcare through teaching, scholarship, and research for over 100 years. We are the #1 nursing school in Wisconsin according to U.S. News and World Report. Additionally, UW-Madison ranks among the top 15 U.S. public universities and surpasses $1 billion in annual research expenditures.

Our home, Signe Skott Cooper Hall, showcases the power, impact, and future of nursing with high fidelity simulation labs, 25 research suites, an active-learning classroom complex, exercise spaces, self-care rooms, and an accessible auditorium. Our School is in the heart of Madison, near Lake Mendota and the Lakeshore Nature Preserve that serves as home to many migratory birds such as sandhill cranes, frequent visitors to our courtyard. Often voted as one of the best places to live in the U.S., Madison blends green spaces and urban areas; outdoor recreation and vibrant city life; stimulating cultural offerings and lively festivals.

Responsibilities:

Provides biostatistical consulting and collaborates with physicians and scientists on biomedical, life sciences, clinical, and population health research. Provides significant intellectual contributions to the development and implementation of complex research questions and statistical methodologies.

• 25% Evaluates, develops, analyzes, and interprets highly complex and significant hypotheses, data, sources, and statistical methods, and prepares summarized reports
• 15% Designs and implements statistical methods, programs, and applicable resource materials used for large-scale or complex research projects
• 20% Advises on best practices and established policies, procedures and regulation, and conducts biostatistical analysis for internal and external stakeholders groups
• 5% Provides training in biostatistics tools and methodologies
• 15% Authors, co-authors, or contributes to the preparation, editing, and submission of research manuscripts, presentations, reports, research grand and contract proposals, and/or post-award reports to funding agencies
• 20% Consults and mentors on research design, quantitative methods, data visualization, and statistics

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
PhD or equivalent

Qualifications:

Required:
-Minimum of three years of experience in research design and statistical analysis

Preferred experience includes:
-Managing and prioritizing multiple projects
-Communication of statistical concepts to other scientists and non-scientists
-Demonstrated understanding of social sciences statistical concepts and methodologies
-Experience using a range of statistical software and data management software programs
-Experience in providing consultation on research methods and statistics
-Experience in teaching and/or mentoring on research design and quantitative methods at a graduate level
-Experience disseminating results from research studies using quantitative methods

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

This position requires most work to be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location. The person in this position may request and be considered for a formal remote work agreement based on guidelines set forth by the School of Nursing, and/or may be provided with remote work flexibility as needed and approved by the supervisor.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Salary:

Minimum $95,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
The expected salary for this position starts at a rate of $95,000 annually. Actual pay will depend on experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, the employee in this position can expect to receive benefits such as generous vacation, holidays, and other paid time off, competitive insurances and savings accounts, and employer sponsored retirement benefits.

Additional Information:

For 100 years, the University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Nursing (SoN) has been committed to enhancing healthcare through teaching and research. Our mission is to develop nurse leaders, innovators, and advocates for the profession and society through research, education, practice, policy, and outreach. The School of Nursing strives to achieve inclusive excellence and fosters an academic environment that welcomes diversity in students, faculty, staff, and the curriculum.

As part of the UW-Madison Health Care Component (HCC) and your work at the School of Nursing, you may have access to PHI (personal health information). All School faculty, staff, students, volunteers, and unpaid affiliates are required to complete HIPAA training as part of their orientation.

Successful candidates are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment.

How to Apply:

To apply for this position, please click Apply Now, from jobs.wisc.edu, to begin the application process. You will be asked to submit the following (PDF file format is strongly encouraged and preferred):

1) Cover letter referencing PVL #309765 and including a description of your experiences in research design and statistics and collaborating on health and social science research projects
2) A resume/CV
3) One (1) example research publication

References will be requested from finalists only and are not required with initial application.

For questions regarding this position, please contact Linsey Steege, Associate Dean for Nursing Research and Sponsored Programs, lsteege@wisc.edu. 

Online applications must be received by 11:55pm on the application deadline to ensure consideration.

Failure to submit complete application materials may result in ineligibility for consideration for this position.

Contact:

Danyell Chupp
dchupp@wisc.edu
608-263-5273
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1. See RELAY_SERVICE for further information.

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Official Title:

Biostatistician III(RE028)

Department(s):

A54-SCHOOL OF NURSING/RESEARCH/RESEARCH

Employment Class:

Academic Staff-Renewable

Job Number:

309765-AS

 

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