Job Summary:

A Senior Statistician/Epidemiologist/Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator serves as a Principal Investigator or co-Principal Investigator on DCCs for multi-center, single and multi-protocol clinical studies, and provides long-range direction on research programs in the Center.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

• Serves as Principal Investigator or co-Principal Biostatistician/Epidemiologist for coordinating centers of multi-site clinical research projects, including randomized clinical trials.
• Provides senior leadership for statistical and scientific aspects of the project, including study design, protocol development, study implementation, quality control, preliminary and final data analysis, and presentation of study results.
• Typically serves as a member of the research network steering committee and serves as the primary liaison with the funding agency, the Data and Safety Monitoring Committee and any Network Advisory Boards.
• Guides and assists program management staff in the operational aspects of the coordinating center, including data management and potentially clinical center subawards.
• Maintains effective liaison with funding officials, collaborators from universities and other organizations, central laboratories, clinical centers, and other specialized core facilities such as specimen storage or imaging.
• Functions as the most senior point of escalation within the coordinating center team.
• Oversees fiscal aspects of the DCC; ensuring an adequate and appropriate staff mix for all project activities.
• Leads business and proposal development activities for grant, cooperative agreement, and contract opportunities.
• Leads development of manuscripts for refereed journals.
• Presents research findings at scientific conferences.
• Monitors overall process and quality of studies and/or activities.
• Monitors study resources and budgets.
• Serves in a leadership role in strategic planning, business development, and staff mentoring.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

• A doctorate in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, or related field and at least 12 years’ experience working in multi-center clinical research, preferably including randomized trials.
• Proven track record in successfully leading or co-leading large complex public health research projects, including multi-center coordinating centers.
• Experience in obtaining funding and leading National Institutes of Health funded research projects is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrable track record of leadership in developing and sustaining a climate that fosters growth in research funding, staff capabilities, and scientific excellence and reputation.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams including senior, mid-level and junior researchers, statisticians, programmers, and research coordinators/project managers.
• A record of scientific stature in presentation and publication of study results in peer-reviewed journals and other venues.
• Experience in developing business and working with clients that fund research in public health, including federal agencies, private foundations, and/or the commercial sector.
• Experience working with international data is beneficial.
• Excellent skills in communication, negotiation, compromise, and building consensus within and between groups.
• To qualify, applicants much be legally authorized to work in the United States and should not require now, or in the future, sponsorship for employment visa status.