Job Summary

JOB DESCRIPTION

The National Center for Clinical Trials (NCCT) is designed to serve as an innovative platform to revolutionize and catalyze the conduct of clinical trials−greatly accelerating the translation of scientific findings into improvements in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease for our communities and patients. The NCCT will offer core services for patient recruitment and enrollment, trial administration and follow-up, and to gather real world data and evidence.

The Clinical Trial Methods Center (CTMC) has been established within the Wake Forest University School of Medicine to provide the necessary tools and expertise that the NCCT will access and apply to deliver many of its core services.

This position will be part of the Real-World Advocate DAta for Research (RADAR) team within the CTMC that focuses on the development of real-world electronic health record (EHR) longitudinal datasets, registries, the incorporation of external data, and contribution to active cohort development.

The Biostatistician III collaborates with biomedical researcher in designing, implementing, and publishing results from biomedical research projects and assume primary responsibility for writing statistical design, methods, and analysis for research proposals.

Education/Experience

Master’s Degree in biostatistics or statistics with 3 years of experience working in a biomedical environment.

Essential Functions

• Collaborate with biomedical investigators and assist in developing objectives, designing sampling, randomization and data collection procedures to achieve study objectives.
• Write statistical computer programs and review computer output for consistency and quality; analyze data and prepare tables for interim and final reports.
• Develop and implement new innovative procedures in the areas of data collection, quality control, presentation of results, and statistical analyses.
• Supervise the work of Biostatisticians I, II and Analyst/Programmers serving on the same projects.
• Performs other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
  
  
  

Skills/Qualifications

• Experience in analyzing large databases, ideally electronic health record data or administrative claims, using statistical packages such as SAS, R, SQL, or Python.
• Ability to organize data and communicate statistical concepts to non-statisticians
• Ability to write statistical considerations for proposals and papers
  
  
  

About Us

Wake Forest University School of Medicine (WFUSM) is a U.S. News and World Report top 50 ranked medical school, integrated with a world-class health system, Atrium Health. WFUSM, the academic core of Atrium Health Enterprise, is a recognized leader in experiential medical education and groundbreaking research that includes Wake Forest Innovations, a commercialization enterprise focused on advancing health care through new medical technologies and biomedical discovery. WFUSM, has over $300M in annual, extramural funding that drives a cutting-edge Academic Learning Health System by integrating innovative research with excellent patient care across our enterprise.

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is part of Advocate Health, which is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, and is the fifth-largest nonprofit health system in the United States, created from the combination of Atrium Health and Advocate Aurora Health. AHWFB is an 885-bed tertiary-care hospital in Winston-Salem – that includes Brenner Children’s Hospital, five community hospitals, more than 300 primary and specialty care locations and more than 2,700 physicians. Our highly integrated academic and clinical environment is deeply committed to improving health, elevating hope, and advancing healing – for all.

It should be noted that while you are applying on the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Career Site, you will receive communications from the Atrium Health Recruitment Team. Please know that this is an expected process. Thanks in advance for your flexibility.

About The Team

Mission, Vision and Culture Commitments

Mission

To improve health, elevate hope and advance healing – for all.

Vision

To be the first and best choice for care.

Culture Commitments

We create a space where all Belong

We Work as One to make great things happen

We earn Trust in all we do

We Innovate to better the now and create the future

We drive for Excellence – always