Public Health Advisor and Team Lead, Statistics and Data Analytics at Georgetown University Center for Global Health Practice and Impact (CGHPI)

Job Overview

• The Public Health Advisor will serve as team lead for Statistics and Data analytics, to coordinate the design and analysis of various quantitative and qualitative projects.

Specific Duties
Roles:

• Develop guidelines for how data should be collected
• Determination of sample size requirements for studies.
• Determine project plans, timelines, or technical objectives for statistical aspects of biological research studies
• Write program code to analyze data using statistical analysis software
• Prepare statistical data for inclusion in reports to data monitoring committee’sfederal regulatory agencies, managers, or clients.
• Prepare articles for publication or presentation at professional conferences.
• Write detailed analysis plans and descriptions of analyses and findings for research protocols or reports.
• Prepare tables and graphs to present clinical data or results.
• Draw conclusions or make predictions based on data summaries or statistical analyses.
• Design surveys to assess health issues.
• Develop or implement data analysis algorithms.
• Collect data through surveys or experimentation.
• Develop or use mathematical models to track changes in biological phenomena such as the spread of infectious diseases.
• Review clinical or other medical research protocols and recommend appropriate statistical analyses.
• Analyze clinical or survey data using statistical approaches such as longitudinal analysis, mixed effect modelling, logistic regression analyses, and model building techniques

Requirements and Qualifications

• Candidate must be an expert user in at least 2 quantitative, 1 qualitative and 1 data analytics package
• Identifies and understands complex problems and concepts, applies logical thinking and quantitative methods to gathering and analyzing information, makes evidence-based decisions, and formulates and documents clearly articulated potential solutions and action plans
• Must have strong written and oral communications skills
• Should be able to work with other team members, flexibility, decisiveness and personal integrity.

Other Requirements:

• A Master's degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, or related scientific field is required. A PHD is an advantage
• Minimum 5 years working experience doing data analysis.