Job Description
Job Title :: Data Statistician/Scientist
Duration :: 8 Months Contract (Possible Tenure Extension)
Location :: Phoenix ,AZ 85007
Schedule :: 6Am to 6Pm (20Hrs a Week) Part -time
General Job Brief :
- The statistician will assist the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program update the lead risk map using housing data, poverty level, demographic characteristics, and the number of children with elevated blood lead levels.
- The statistician will also train the lead surveillance epi and create an SOP to enhance CLPPP program capacity.
- The statistician will combine information on testing rates and lead exposure risk to identify where and how these two factors overlap in geographic space to create a targeted lead outreach map that can be used to prioritize areas for increased testing for lead, for example, by identifying census tracts with high exposure risk and low testing rates.
- The statistician will evaluate the childhood and adult blood lead databases to determine the relationship and possible take-home exposures.
Skills Required :
- Skills in statistical analysis, systems programming, database design, and data security measures.
- Skills in a wide range of analyses such as hierarchical linear models, survival analysis, propensity score estimation, random forests Skills in communicating complex information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing.
- Skills in identifying code or data issues and finding solutions.
- Skills in writing, testing, and implementing programs using SAS/Python/R to clean, manage, merge, and analyze large datasets.
- Skills in summarizing, interpreting, and presenting results in written, tabular, and visual formats for reports, manuscripts, and presentations Time management skills.