Training in Clinical
Research Program, University of California, San Francisco
The Training in Clinical Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco invites applications for a part-time instructor of introductory biostatistics.
Duties: The successful candidate will direct a 10 week quarter-length course in introductory biostatistics tailored to an audience of health care professionals (physicians, dentists, pharmacists, and nurses) who are learning the methods of clinical research. This course is given once a year in the Fall quarter. Topics to be covered include: data summarization and exploration; probability and probability distributions; sampling distributions; parametric and nonparametric hypothesis testing for comparing continuous and categorical outcomes between groups; and correlation and simple linear regression. The schedule includes a weekly 2 hour lecture on Tuesday morning and one weekly 1 hour laboratory session on Thursday morning. The course director will be responsible for establishing the syllabus, delivering all lectures, and supervising the laboratory curriculum. Instructional assistants are available to perform grading. The prior yearŐs syllabus can be found at: http://www.epibiostat.ucsf.edu/courses/schedule/biostat200.html.
Qualifications: PhD with training and teaching experience in biostatistics. Exceptional candidates with MasterŐs level training and teaching experience will also be considered. Candidates must have demonstrated strength as an effective and creative teacher to diverse audiences.
For full consideration of your application, please send a letter of intent, and a CV by April 7, 2010 to Professor Martin, Chair, Search Committee, c/o Olivia DeLeon by email (Olivia@epi.ucsf.edu) or U.S. mail (UCSF, Dept. of Epi/Biostat, San Francisco, CA 94143-0560).
Statistical
Programmer, Health Policy Research, Palo Alto
The Palo Alto Medical Foundation is a multi-specialty, outpatient
healthcare system in the San Francisco bay area serving over 600,000 patients
in four California counties. We are currently seeking:
Statistical Programmer, Health Policy Research
You will assist with projects related to research in the areas of
quality improvement, health care financing and organization, medical
informatics and/or clinical research.
Requires a MasterŐs in Statistics, Biostatistics, Informatics,
Bioinformatics, Computer Science or related field; minimum 2 yearsŐ experience
in statistical programming and statistics; experience with large, relational
databases; demonstrated proficiency in SAS (Base, Stat, Graph, Access), Windows
and SQL; excellent quantitative data analysis skills; and the ability to manage
multiple projects.
Ph.D. or Dr.P.H; experience with transactional
and clinical databases with a mindfulness for data validation, quality,
programming efficiency and size; experience working on a research team with
statisticians and physicians; minimum 2 yearsŐ experience using SAS 9.x; and
experience with SAS 9.2, Enterprise Guide 4.x, JMP 7.0+, Stata
10+, R/Splus plus any experience using Adobe
Illustrator or Photoshop for retouching graphs and visuals is preferred.
To learn more about Palo Alto Medical Foundation and to apply online
visit our website at: www.pamf.org
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