Position Definition:

The Senior Statistician will work with a group of collegial, innovative, productive epidemiology and health outcomes researchers who are focused on improving health for older persons. Members of the research group have joint appointments between UCSF and the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

The incumbent’s duties will include, but will not be limited to, determining the optimal statistical approaches for testing research hypotheses and in programming; perform and interpret statistical analyses and assist with the presentation of findings; prepare the statistical sections of manuscripts and preliminary data sections for extramural grants; provide statistical programming and analysis consultation for geriatrics fellows; design databases and data input screens; perform data management; develop study protocols and write study documentation procedures (including analysis plans, protocols and standard operating procedures); design, develop, and document quality control systems for data validation; provide technical support directly and indirectly by acting as the liaison between geriatrics and UCSF and SFVAMC technical support; and perform other duties as assigned.  The ideal candidate will execute, manage, and coordinate research protocols, data collection and operations of several concurrent clinical research studies under the guidelines of research protocols, UCSF/SFVAMC and regulating agency policies.

Essential Functions:

• Independently determine optimal statistical approaches to perform analyses and apply statistical approaches to large, complex analytic datasets for geriatrics faculty. 
• Respond rapidly to statistical requests from manuscript reviewers in an independent manner.
• Write new computer programs as necessary to implement statistical approaches used. 
• Independently write statistical methods sections of manuscripts and data analysis sections for extramural grants.  Prepare tables and graphs for manuscripts and grant.  Assist in writing results sections of manuscripts and preliminary findings sections of grants.
• Provide statistical consultation to geriatrics research fellows.
• Research and understand details of complex statistical modeling.  Adapt mathematical and statistical models for novel analyses of complex medical data.
• Play a leadership role in guiding the analytic functions of the research projects in the Division.  Advise principal investigators on appropriate experimental designs and statistical tests in order that valid conclusions can be obtained.
• Make independent decisions both broad and detailed about data management.  Design databases and data input screens and perform data management on large, complex datasets.  Acquire substantive understanding of data variables (e.g. which ICD-10 codes are typically recorded for patients with specific diagnoses; what are the formulas giving the inter-relationships of various measures of blood pressure).
• Independently develop study protocols and documentation procedures, and design, develop, and document quality control systems for data validation
• Provide technical support directly and indirectly by acting as the liaison between the Geriatrics Division and SFVAMC and UC technical support.