About us: Ahmedabad University is a private, non-profit University that offers students a liberal education with a focus on research-driven and project-based learning. https://www.ahduni.edu.in/ Visit the link School of Public Health to know more about the school.
Role Summary: The statistician will work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams on epidemiology and other public health research.
Responsibilities:
- Help with data management and preliminary analyses for pilot projects.
- Set up electronic and paper forms for data collection or data abstraction.
- Contribute to drafting analysis plans and methods for proposals.
- Analyses of data from large public access databases, electronic health records, as well as an array of different types of studies.
- Clean and compile data, document, and maintain data repositories with data dictionaries and meta-data. Create subsets of data for students and faculty.
- Prepare reports.
Qualification:
- Masters in Biostatistics or equivalent with at least three years of experience in statistical analyses.
Key Skills:
- Ability to work independently and in teams.
- Proficiency in one or more statistical software.
- Ability to organise, document, and maintain large research project datasets.
- Familiarity with epidemiology/health research is desirable.
- Proficiency in conducting analyses including regression analyses (linear, logistic, Cox, and Poisson, with appropriate control of confounding.
- Ability to write statistical sections for proposals, manuscripts, and reports.
- Experience with sample size and power calculations.
- Good written and verbal communication skills in English.