Essential Job Duties

The department at Chapel Hill is looking for a data analyst/statistician at or above the master’s degree level, to work in a collaborative team of investigators and perform statistical analyses to gain new discoveries to help trauma survivors. The primary focus of the position will be to assist with analyses of different longitudinal data collected as part of the ~$35 million dollar AURORA study. This study, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and private and foundation partners, enrolled individuals presenting to a large network of emergency department in the immediate aftermath of trauma. Study participants were followed longitudinally for one year, beginning in the hours after trauma, using sophisticated adaptive sampling methods and state-of-the-art battery of self-report, neurocognitive, physiologic, digital phenotype, psychosocial, neuroimaging, and genomic markers. In addition to analyses of these data, the statistician will also analyze data from varied longitudinal data collected as part of many other past and current R01 studies going on in the institute, as well as the analysis of clinical trial data.

Data analysis

• Develop scripts/code as necessary to streamline/optimize analyses
• Communication – writing/editing: Writing analytics methods for peer-reviewed publications, and summarizing analysis results for stakeholders and stakeholder meetings

Data Collection

• Assist with analyses of varied longitudinal data collected as part of the AURORA study
• Administration: Maintaining meta-data regarding databases and work performed

Other

• Developing analysis plans in collaboration with members of the research team