Position: Biostatistician (R/SAS) -Open Position-CA
Type: contract
Duration: 12+ months
Location: Pasadena, CA (Remote)
Position Overview
Data management Ability to clean, organize, validate, transform, and maintain datasets. Common tools include SAS, R, Python, SQL, and Excel.
Programming experience Ability to write code for data cleaning, analysis, automation, and statistical modeling. R/SAS/Python would be especially relevant.
Epidemiology knowledge Understanding of concepts such as:
Incidence and prevalence
Risk factors and outcomes
Cohort and case-control studies
Confounding and bias
Exposure vs. outcome
Odds ratios and relative risk
Basic modeling The candidate should be able to perform and interpret:
Linear regression continuous outcomes
Logistic regression binary outcomes
Survival analysis time-to-event outcomes, often using Cox proportional hazards models
Education
Master of Public Health (MPH) with a concentration in Biostatistics from an accredited MPH program in the United States.
Bachelor's degree in a scientific, quantitative, or mathematics-based discipline such as Biology, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Public Health, Biomedical Sciences, or a related