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Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is the seventh-largest pediatric health care organization in the United States. An independent, not-for-profit health care system, Children’s of Minnesota is the only Minnesota hospital system to provide comprehensive care exclusively to children. Our Pediatric Emergency Department is the largest in the Midwest, with more than 90,000 visits last year. Our mission is to advance scientific knowledge through research to improve the health of the community and children that our hospital serves.
Position Title:
Bio-Statistician-PhD
Duties & Responsibilities:
The continued growth of our Emergency Services programs has allowed us to expand our research infrastructure. We currently have the opportunity to hire a PhD Biostatistician to join our Emergency Services research team. The purpose of this position is to specifically advance research within Pediatric Emergency Medicine. The ideal candidate will have an interest in research related to pediatrics/emergency medicine, with an emphasis on Trauma and Injury research. The candidate will benefit from previous experience working with clinicians and will need to be comfortable leading multidisciplinary research teams, supervising project coordinators and independently writing manuscripts.
Position Qualifications:
Minimum qualifications: A doctoral degree in biostatistics, epidemiology, or a related discipline Ability to lead and collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of researchers Thorough knowledge of research design (observational, comparative effectiveness, pragmatic trials) and advanced statistical methods Demonstrated skills in providing scientific consultation on research design and analyses for a wide range of health-related research projects Demonstrated writing skills and ability to independently prepare manuscripts suitable for publication in high-impact journals Working knowledge of health care organizations, policy, practice, and management Preferred additional qualifications: 2+ years postgraduate experience as a statistician / consultant in a research setting Experience with research proposal preparation, especially pertaining to methodological design, project planning/implementation, and data analysis Experience with collection of health care administrative and/or chart data Experience with a variety of statistical software packages: R, SAS, SPSS, Stata
Salary Range:
DOE
Benefits:
Medical, Dental, PTO, 403B
Web Site:
www.childrensmn.org
Application Address:
https://eprod89.pshr.childrensmn.org/psp/EXTAPP/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Page=HRS_CE_JOB_DTL&Action=A&JobOpeningId=22840&PostingSeq=1
Contact Email: Harry.Fitzgerald@childrensmn.org
Application Deadline:
6/1/13
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