NIH/NCI: Statistician/Epidemiologist, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program

Statistician/Epidemiologist
Job Code: 0 POSTED: Nov 24
Salary: Open Location: Rockville, Maryland
Employer: National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute
Type: Full Time - Experienced
Category: academic / research
Required Education: Doctorate

Description
Have an impact on cancer surveillance in the 21st Century! The National Cancer Institute, located within the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is inviting applications for several positions within the Surveillance Research Program. SRP manages the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, a comprehensive population-based cancer reporting system used to monitor the cancer burden and follow trends in cancer rates in the United States. It also provides leadership in developing statistical methods and models for use in the analysis and presentation of cancer data.

NOTES: US Residents Only. Employer will assist with relocation costs.
Additional Salary Information: Salary commensurate with experience

Requirements
Each position includes responsibility for scientific program management of extramural grants and contracts. In additional, the positions encompass several areas of responsibility that entail use of analytic skill: (1) developing new approaches and sophisticated methods for the presentation and estimation of statistics that contribute to the understanding and interpretation of cancer data; (2) organizing and managing collaborative analyses of SEER data and the rich data sets resulting from database linkages such as SEER and the National Longitudinal Mortality Study; and (3) coordinating a research grant program to answer key questions about cancer rates, risk factors (including genetic), outcomes, and cancer-related health status in diverse populations of the U.S. There are currently openings at several levels requiring a minimum of two years post doctoral experience.

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