Statistician - School of Public Health (Austin)

The statistician will be responsible for becoming familiar with the databases and the existing SAS coding, classifying polypharmacy medications, end-of-life estimates, and comorbidities in the Medicare data to estimate the change between the pre-intervention 2019 and post-intervention 2024 measures. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure.

We are hiring a Statistician (Full-time) to join UTHealth Houston School of Public Health in Austin, TX. In this role, you will be responsible for becoming familiar with the databases and the coding already available, classifying the polypharmacy medications and comorbidities in the Medicare data to be summarized at the center level for the outcomes of interest. S/he will help with the transformation of the databases needed for each outcome detailed in the specific aims, as well as the subpopulation analyses proposed in the study (e.g., sex as a biological variable, race/ethnicity and quartiles of the social deprivation score). S/he will correctly link, across time, the datasets from the organizational aspects of each site from the intervention with the created datasets from the Medicare datasets to be able to examine the aims of the intervention at the center level. S/he will identify inconsistencies, narrow down the inclusion/exclusion criteria of participants for the secondary analysis under Dr. Pérez's supervision after the data has been linked. Ideal candidate for this role should have a Bachelor's degree and 2 years of experience. Proficiency in SAS software, EndNote, and Medicare data is preferred.

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• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

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• Free financial and legal counseling
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Position Summary:

This full-time statistician position is expected to join the project entitled "Leveraging a Natural Experiment to Determine the Effects of Integrated Palliative Care on Health Service Outcomes and Disparities in Parkinson Disease and Lewy Body Dementia". The statistician will be responsible for becoming familiar with the databases and the existing SAS coding, classifying polypharmacy medications, end-of-life estimates, and comorbidities in the Medicare data to estimate the change between the pre-intervention 2019 and post-intervention 2024 measures. S/he will help with the transformation of the databases needed for each outcome on the 2024 datasets under the supervision of Dr. Pérez. S/he will correctly link, over time, the organizational datasets for each site in the intervention with the created Medicare datasets to examine the intervention's aims at the center level. S/he will identify inconsistencies in the 2024 post-intervention datasets for the secondary analysis under Dr. Pérez's supervision after the data has been linked. S/he will learn to check and conduct the statistical analyses for handling missing data with Dr Pérez training. Afterward, this Statistician, with Dr. Pérez's help, will explore the proposed associations and test the proposed hypothesis. Dr. Pérez and this Statistician will meet day-to-day to quickly set up, understand the challenges of these databases, and organize them to address the specific aims proposed. S/he will meet with Dr. Pérez in the weekly team meeting to move forward with the secondary data analyses to ensure that all the statistical analyses are scientifically sound. The statistician will help to create the tables and figures for manuscripts. The statistician will help write up the manuscripts for dissemination of study findings. Responsible for the application of standard statistical methods for conducting analysis and preparing reports.

Funding is expected to be received on October 17/2026 and it is expected to end on July 31/2028 after a renewal to be known on July 31/2027.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Conducts data management of Medicare data in preparation for statistical analyses and reports.
• Supervises the routing tabulation of data; edits and analyzes the final material in the form of reports and records, including detail and summary tables, graphs, and charts.
• Performs statistical analyses from both large and small samples of data.
• Calculates medians quantities, percentiles, and coefficients of correlation.
• Tests data for sampling errors and for significance differences between samples.
• Performs other duties as assigned including literature reviews, formatting of tables, figures and manuscripts, mandatory trainings, etc.

Certification/Skills:

• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal.
• Working knowledge of MS Office.
• Proficiency in SAS software programming.
• Experience with Endnote, and Medicare data is a plus

Minimum Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field required

Minimum Experience:

• 2 years of experience in analysis and presentation of statistical data required May substitute required experience with equivalent years of education beyond the minimum education requirement.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.