Biostatistician I - Environmental Medicine & Public Health

Key Skills

Algorithms, Biostatistics, Data science techniques, Effective communication skills, Machine learning techniques, Management, Planning and organization, Programming, Public Health, R Programming

Job Description

The Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health and the Institute for Exposomic Research at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai seek a biostatistician with interests in exposure science and environmental epidemiology. The department is located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

The candidate will join a growing team that develops hyperlocal local, national, and international spatiotemporal machine-learning-based models for environmental determinants of health, such as air pollution, climate related covariates, and built environment, that can be used for studies of their health effects. This position fits a candidate with strong quantitative background and programming skills, especially in R. Knowledge of state-of-the-art methods in biostatistics and machine learning algorithms are a plus.

The Department offers excellent opportunities for career advancement, including support for grant applications and support for attending workshops at both national and international conferences. This position offers a substantial compensation package, a tailored benefits package and generous paid time off. The position can also be fully remote in the United States.

Duties and responsibilities may include:

• Data collections, cleaning, and processing
• Carry out statistical analyses
• Apply novel statistical approaches
• Collaborate with scientists with different background
• Write scientific manuscripts 

Requirements:

• MS or PhD in biostatistics, data science or related fields
• Good communication and writing skills
• Good analytical and computational skills
• Ability to work on concurrent projects
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team
• Strong organizational and time management skills with ability to meet deadlines
• Strong work ethic
• 1 year of biostatistics or related experience in clinical research preferred.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong, and are able to professionally advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.

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