Senior Biostatistician

Senior Biostatistician

Location: Silver Spring, MD; Hybrid remote/on-site

EMKS is seeking a Senior Biostatistician in support of the Defense Health Administration Traumatic Brain Injury Center of Excellence.

Duties/Responsibilities:

The Senior Biostatistician will evaluate and analyze TBI outcomes data and provide expertise in the development, analysis, interpretation, and management of outcomes data sources. This position requires expertise in biostatistics, analytic approaches to data management, and outcomes measurement.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement outcomes projects to contribute to knowledge about outcomes and health care delivery in traumatic brain injury, brain health, and cognitive monitoring.


• Perform statistical analyses, power analyses, and technical/methodological consultations as needed to support internal and external TBI stakeholders and assist in the preparation of any resulting proposals, protocols, manuscripts, posters, or presentations.


• Disseminate outcome results with meaningful analysis through presentations to scientific and professional groups, publications in scientific and professional peer-reviewed journals, and additional communities of interest.


• Translate findings from outcomes data and/or current research into meaningful conclusions and provide scientific and health policy leadership.


• Track trends in analytics and develop novel means to display and disseminate results across a variety of audiences, including but not limited to peers in the scientific community, military leaders, health policy advocates, TBICoE and MHS leadership, the TBI Advisory Committee, and other clinical communities.


• Provide service to the professional and scientific community through membership on scientific peer review groups and national policy and advisory boards.

Qualifications:

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of quantitative methods (from mathematics and statistics) for dealing with methodological and analytic problems.


• Scientific writing skills; ability to write and communicate effectively to scientific/technical audiences as well as non-scientific/technical audiences.


• Extensive knowledge of a standard statistical software library (e.g., SAS, STATA or SPSS) and database design.


• Research methods and theory in health research related discipline; data analysis and interpretation skills.

Minimum Education/Training Requirements: Doctoral degree (e.g., Ph.D., D.Ph.) in biostatistics, or epidemiology is required. A PhD in a related field with appropriate biostatistics experience may be considered, through a waiver process with input from the government.

Minimum Experience: A minimum of 7 years' experience in healthcare data analysis and research. Demonstrated experience developing and leading clinical or translational research. Familiarity with TBI and prior experience with DoD/VA systems preferred. Experience in reading medical charts preferred. Must complete CITI/ HIPAA training.

Physical Capabilities: Must be able to sit and stand for long periods of time. Must be able to carry light items up to 25 lbs.

Required Licenses, Certification or Registration: n/a

Work Environment: Office and clinical environment. Must be available to travel locally, regionally, and nationally.

Clearance:

A T3 Security Clearance is required. Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

About EM Key Solutions:

Founded in 2015, EM Key Solutions, Inc. (EMKS) is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) offering a broad range of services to support Federal Government enterprises in meeting their mission requirements and business demands. ​Relationships are key to EMKS! We adopt a customer-centric approach and proven management processes for every project we undertake. Through sound leadership and management principles, EMKS focuses on offering its clients the solutions they need to be successful at the most competitive rates throughout the project management lifecycle.

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