Biostatistician (Ophthalmology)

We are seeking a  Biostatistician who will analyze large-scale, longitudinal data. Analyzed data is abstracted and extracted from electronic health records, laboratory and pharmacy databases, and patient reported outcomes surveys.

The Biostatistician will provide expertise on statistical design, data management (including data quality control), and data analyses to answer research questions using observational and longitudinal data. The Biostatistician will participate as a coauthor on manuscripts and presentations reporting study results.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

- Use and expand existing SAS and R programs to clean and organize incoming JHHCC and CNICS data.
- Identify potential problems with study data and collaborate with data managers to resolve issues.
- Read concept sheets and draft statistical analysis plans specific to research objectives.
- Generate analytic data sets, codebooks, and other documentation.
- Analyze individual-level data to answer scientific questions of interest.
- Prepare data tables and figures for publication and presentation at scientific meetings.
- Contribute to technical/scientific writing and review drafts of concept sheets, reports, posters, and manuscripts, particularly descriptions of statistical methods and interpretation of results.
- Document decision making during conduct of studies and archive code for purposes of reproducibility of research findings.
- Navigate shared files and contribute to shared files to create a transparent research workspace.
- Assist with writing approach section of research proposals.
- Attend meetings and provide status updates on data processing and research projects.
- Use professional judgment in handling sensitive information.
- Other duties as assigned.

This position is the biostatistician for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Vision Initiative evaluation at the Wilmer Eye Institute (Division of Pediatric Ophthalmology), responsible for the statistical design and analysis of program outcome evaluations and of longitudinal clinical and patient-reported data across the team's funded research projects.

- Serve as the biostatistician for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Vision Initiative evaluation: define analytic approaches, specify outcome measures and comparison strategies, and conduct analyses of program outcomes using large program datasets.
- Contribute to the statistical design of Phase II of the Initiative, specification of individual-level longitudinal data elements, and analysis plans for individual-level data.
- Design and conduct analyses of longitudinal clinical and patient-reported outcome data drawn from the electronic health record and study databases, applying methods appropriate to longitudinal and observational data (for example, mixed-effects models, methods for missing data, and approaches to confounding in non-randomized comparisons).
- Prepare interim and final analyses and the statistical content of reports to sponsors, manuscripts, abstracts, and research proposals, including descriptions of statistical methods and interpretation of results.

Minimum Qualifications

- Master's Degree in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or related quantitative field.

- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Biostatistician 
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MD  
Starting Salary Range: $57,195 - $100,040 Annually ($76,700 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus  
Department name: SOM Oph Pediatric Ophthalmology   
Personnel area: School of Medicine