Position Title: Biostatistician

Duties & Responsibilities: The incumbent will serve as the principle data analyst for all studies conducted in the PTSD Research Group. Incumbent will also advise PI and other researchers on research design issues and the use of appropriate statistical methods. In addition, Incumbent will supervise collection of data from psychophysiology experiments and questionnaires to ensure data quality control. Essential Functions: • Maintain SAS, SPSS, and Microsoft Access databases for PTSD Research Program • Conduct statistical analysis for research manuscripts for publication • Conduct statistical power analysis for planning research projects • Advise PI’s and research fellows on appropriate statistical methodology • Contribute to research design, methods, and results sections for research publications and grant applications • Supervise psychophysiology laboratory to ensure quality of data acquisition • Other duties as assigned

Position Qualifications: • Masters degree preferred • 3 Years experience • 2-3 yrs experience writing data analysis for grant proposals required • Graduate experience in psychological and psychophysiological research • Familiarity with processing and analysis of biological signals, such as EKG, blood pressure, and skin conductance. • Expertise using computer statistical packages, including SPSS and SAS • Familiarity with psychophysiological data acquisition equipment and troubleshooting. • Familiarity with specialized techniques of data analysis for psychophysiological data, including time series analysis. • Strong interpersonal, written/oral communication and organizational skills • Ability to manage multiple projects, tasks and priorities to achieve desired goals • Ability to work under minimal supervision • Growth Curve Modeling experience

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Application Address: Devina Caggiano

Contact Email: Devina.Caggiano@nyumc.org

Application Deadline: 06/12/2012