Casual Research Assistant, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition

In the appointment of Research Assistant your general duties and responsibilities will be:

Provide statistical and methodological expertise to the Labs ongoing projects to support the design implementation analysis and interpretation of health and nutrition research studies. The position will develop and apply statistical methods using Python SAS and R; adapt and maintain existing code; contribute to study design; and prepare statistical analysis plans and research outputs.

Your general location of work will be hybrid and you will report to Dr. Hassan Vatanparast.

Required Number of Hours: 20 hours (casual employment depending on Vatanparast Nutritional Labs priorities.

Qualifications:
Formal education from the University of Saskatchewan or another recognized post-secondary institution in a relevant field of study such as Biostatistics Epidemiology Public Health Health Sciences Data Science or a related discipline. Candidates must have relevant experience in statistical methods in health research.

Typical Duties or Accountabilities:

• Design and conduct statistical analyses for health nutrition and related research studies using Python SAS and R.
• Develop adapt document and maintain reproducible analysis code including code based on existing databases and codebases.
• Contribute statistical expertise to study design including sampling variable definition power or sample-size considerations analytic approaches and interpretation of results.
• Prepare review and implement statistical analysis plans.
• Analyze complex survey data using survey weights and appropriate variance-estimation methods including bootstrap replicate weights.
• Work with nutritional and population-health datasets including data cleaning management linkage and quality assessment.
• Collaborate with researchers and team members to identify appropriate statistical methods and address methodological challenges.
• Interpret and communicate statistical findings clearly in reports manuscripts presentations grant applications and other research products.
• Ensure that analyses are accurate reproducible well documented and aligned with study protocols and research objectives.
• Support the development of publications technical reports knowledge-translation materials and presentations.
• Provide statistical consultation mentorship and technical guidance to trainees or research staff as appropriate.
• Stay current with relevant statistical methods and contribute to improving the laboratorys analytic practices and infrastructure.

To Apply:
Send your application materials to:

Inquiries regarding this position can be directed to Monidipa Saha

Where a graduate student is appointed to this position it will be in-scope of PSAC.

Department: College of Pharmacy & Nutrition
Status: Casual
Employment Group: Graduate Students - PSAC
Rate of Pay: Current rates of pay
Posted Date: 10/16/2026
Closing Date: 10/23/2026
Number of Openings: 1
Work Location:On Campus

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Required Experience:

Junior IC