RESEARCH SCIENTIST / BIOSTATISTICIAN

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The Department of Global Health has an outstanding opportunity for Research Scientist/Biostatistician to join their team.

The Department of Global Health was established in 2007, bridging the schools of Medicine and Public Health, with a mandate to harness the expertise and interdisciplinary power of all UW schools and colleges. Our mission is to improve health for all through research, education, training, and service; to understand and address the causes of disease and health inequities at multiple levels; and to collaborate with partners to develop and sustain locally-led, quality health systems, programs and policies. Driven by tremendous interest among both students and faculty, the Department has grown explosively to more than 400 graduate students and hundreds more undergraduates. We have more than 380 faculty and 1,000 staff working on projects across 130 countries with our deepest ties in United States, Kenya, Uganda, Peru, Mozambique, India, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia, and Nicaragua. At the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, diversity is integral to excellence. The Department recognizes that disparities in health around the globe stem from inequity. The Department encourages and supports the multiple identities of staff, faculty and students including, but not limited to, socioeconomic status, race, ethnicity, language, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, culture, spiritual practice, geography, mental and physical disability and age.  The Department strives to become a local, national, and international leader in developing and maintaining increased representation and recognition of each of these dimensions of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.

The University of Washington / Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) is one of several Centers for AIDS Research funded by the National Institutes of Health in the U.S.  The UW/Fred Hutch CFAR has consistently rated in the top 3 in the U.S. for HIV research and employs some of the most eminent researchers and educators in the field.  The ultimate goal of the CFAR is to facilitate HIV research to bring us closer to a cure for the disease.  We accomplish this by supporting HIV research at our four consortium institutions (UW, Fred Hutch, Seattle Children’s, Infectious Disease Research Institute) and our local, regional, and international affiliates in locations such as Kenya, Peru, Mozambique, Uganda, South Africa, and Senegal.  A very important part of our mission is to support HIV research career development of early career investigators.  HIV research is a fascinating, multi-dimensional field of inquiry that requires a highly engaged, collaborative, and diverse community that reflects a wide range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design, and deliver solutions.  We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion.  Come join our team and make your own contribution toward ending the global HIV epidemic!

The UW/Fred Hutch Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Biometrics Core has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time master's level BIOSTATISTICIAN / statistical analyst. Reporting to the Director of the Biometrics Core, the BIOSTATISTICIAN will collaborate with investigators to identify appropriate statistical approaches to specific research problems; create, document, maintain, and analyze data sets, summarize and present the results of statistical analyses to collaborating investigators; and work with investigators to prepare results for manuscripts leading to publication in peer-reviewed journals. The analyst will also contribute to the statistical components of grant applications, including study design, statistical analysis plans, and sample size/power calculations.

This position will be located at the new Hans Rosling Center on the UW campus.  This position will provide independent statistical consulting services, including communicating with study investigators and making decisions on proper analyses for datasets that result in scientifically supportable conclusions.  Supporting multiple projects at one time, and allocating time appropriately to individual projects are the primary complexities of the position.  Resources will include the Core Director as position supervisor, as well as other statistical staff at the CFAR, the UW Departments of Global Health and Biostatistics Department and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.

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