Bft Statistician Needed For Mgh ObGyn
Bft Statistician Needed For Mgh ObGyn
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Atleast 3 years of experience in SAS programming experience with other languages(e.g. STATA) also a plus.
The ideal candidate will have a masters or higher inbiostatistics and experience analyzing Medicare and/or other health insuranceclaims datasets.
TheDivision of Gynecologic Oncology at the Massachusetts General Hospital islooking for a statistical programmer/data analyst to assist with programmingfor grantfunded projects investigating quality of health care primarilyfocusing on care for cancer patients. At least 3 years of experience in SASprogramming experience with other languages (e.g. STATA) also a plus. Theideal candidate will have a masters or higher in biostatistics and experienceanalyzing Medicare and/or other health insurance claims datasets. The job offers the opportunity for onetoone mentoringauthorship in peerreviewed studies and direct exposure to academic medicine.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Thisindividual will create data sets create statistical programs and algorithmsconduct statistical analyses and interact with organizations such as healthinsurance companies that provide data. Typical activities involveanalyses of largescale longitudinal data sets containing healthrelatedinformation obtained from Medicare insurance companies and other sources. Activitiesmay also involve the creation of database management systems for projects thatinvolve primary data collection. For all projects information frommultiple data sources and files are typically merged to create analytic datasets. Individual will be responsible for merging data files documentingsteps taken to merge files documenting any new variables created for analysisand creating statistical programs and algorithms needed for analysis.Onceanalysis goals are set the Data Analyst will conduct analyses under directionof the project Principal Investigator and other Coinvestigators but will makeindependent decisions about how to implement analysis most effectively andaccurately and how to report results. Additionally the analyst ensuresthat tables figures and text of reports accurately reflect the results of theanalysis.
Employment Type
Full Time
