Biostatistician/Research Data Analyst (Health Services) - 2-Year Fixed-Term, Emergency Medicine (U.S
Stanford University (US)
Stanford, CA
The following position will have the flexibility to be based anywhere in the U.S., for candidates who are willing to travel to the Stanford School of Medicine campus 5%-10% of the time, as needed.
This will be a 2-year fixed-term position with a possibility for extension based on performance, the availability of funding and programmatic needs. The Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Biostatistician 3 to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing emergency medicine population health and health services projects, with a focus on ensuring successful completion of extramurally funded research projects with diverse teams. The position will be primarily based in Dr. Michelle Lin’s lab conducting NIH-funded research to improve emergency care delivery, outcomes, and health equity. The successful candidate must be technically rigorous, possess exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail and have a track-record of excellence, innovation, and productivity in research. Experience independently designing and analyzing scientific studies using administrative datasets (e.g.: Medicare or commercial claims) is required. Duties include:
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website ( ) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process. The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned. Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form . Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This will be a 2-year fixed-term position with a possibility for extension based on performance, the availability of funding and programmatic needs. The Department of Emergency Medicine is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Biostatistician 3 to join our dynamic team. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading and managing emergency medicine population health and health services projects, with a focus on ensuring successful completion of extramurally funded research projects with diverse teams. The position will be primarily based in Dr. Michelle Lin’s lab conducting NIH-funded research to improve emergency care delivery, outcomes, and health equity. The successful candidate must be technically rigorous, possess exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail and have a track-record of excellence, innovation, and productivity in research. Experience independently designing and analyzing scientific studies using administrative datasets (e.g.: Medicare or commercial claims) is required. Duties include:
- Lead the design and implementation of research studies measuring emergency care access, quality, and outcomes, including peer-reviewed manuscripts and scientific presentations.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to develop and execute project plans, ensuring timely completion and delivery of project milestones.
- Train and supervise staff, postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and research assistants.
- Contribute to grant writing to support ongoing and future research initiatives.
- Overseeing the development of study protocols and data use agreements, including coordinating regulatory approval from the institutional review boards to assure regulatory compliance.
- Identify appropriate statistical tools for analysis.
- Implement data analysis through statistical programming.
- Consult with investigators and others on appropriate statistical approaches to data analyses; assist in study design.
- Develop oral and written dissemination of findings for conference presentations and peer-reviewed journal articles.
- Mentor clinical investigators on relevant research methods.
- Implement studies to address statistical issue arising from collaborations.
- Experience leading independent analysis and interpretation of administrative claims datasets (e.g., Medicare, Optum, MarketScan). Other types of data include electronic health records, surveys, and administrative data. The successful candidate will have expertise in data management, analysis of these types of data, and also experience with data extraction and database development.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills are necessary both internally and externally. The candidate will interface with collaborators and trainees, including data documentation, protocol development, advising, and drafting scientific literature and proposals as related to their statistical analyses, and also write up their own work and present at meetings.
- Proven track record of managing complex research projects from conception to completion (e.g. peer-reviewed publications and references).
- Ability to take initiative and ownership of projects; prioritize and manage multiple active projects and deadlines.
- Proficient in at least two of R, SAS, SPSS, or STATA.
- Skills in descriptive analysis, modeling of data, and graphic interfaces.
- Outstanding ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated excellence in at least one area of expertise, which may include coordinating studies; statistical methodology such as missing data, survival analysis, statistical genetics, or informatics; statistical computing; database design (e.g., expertise in RedCAP or MySQL); graphical techniques (e.g., expertise in Illustrator).
- Frequently perform desk based computer tasks, seated work and use light/ fine grasping.
- Occasionally stand, walk, and write by hand, lift, carry, push pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.
- Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
- Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
- Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, .
Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website ( ) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process. The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned. Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact Stanford University Human Resources by submitting a contact form . Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Posted 2025-11-21
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