Methodologist II

at  OHRI

BASIC REQUIREMENTS (EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE):

• MSc in Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Health Sciences, or related field
• 1-2 years of related experience
• Experience programming in SAS, SQL or similar programming language.
• Experience linking and analyzing healthcare or other large data.
• Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
• Effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Aptitude for research methodology and attention to detail
• Demonstrated initiative in the workplace.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous health care analytical experience
• Knowledge of analytic methods applied to health services research.

• Work collaboratively to develop research plans, study designs, and analysis plans.
• Use advanced SAS skills to transform and link data.
• Understand how to use the repository data to address research questions.
• Conduct exploratory and statistical analyses of the data, primarily using SAS.
• Produce meaningful reports and graphical presentations of the data.
• Document project work according to standards of practice guidelines.
• Develop general use SAS macros based on project work to allow others to re-use concepts.
• Participate in writing research papers and reports.
• Take part in team initiatives to develop an analytical knowledge base, standards of practice and SAS macros.