17-01-2023

Research Technician (Master's in Mathematics or Statistics. Doctorate in Statistics or Biostatistics will be valued).

Ref.:

FIMIM2594-MORTIER

Institution:

FUNDACIÓ IMIM

Researcher/s responsible for the project:

Philippe Mortier

Project title:

Hacia la prevención personalizada del suicidio: mejorar la evaluación del riesgo clínico y la asignación del tratamiento indicado entre los pacientes con riesgo de suicidio (RECIPROC) (PI22/00107)

Research group / Service:

Health services research group

Description:

The selected person will join the Health services research group (Epidemiology and public health research program).

Task:

Data management, data harmonization and data interoperability tasks (mainly electronic healthcare registry data); implementation of missing data handling techniques (e.g., poststratification weighting, multiple imputation); longitudinal data analysis (e.g., survival analysis); implementation of machine-learning techniques; providing mathematical, statistical, and methodological expertise in the execution of the research group’s scientific activities.

Formation:

Master Degree in Mathematics or Statistics. PhD in Statistics or Biostatistics would be an asset.

Experience:

Expertise in any of the following tasks: data management (cleaning of raw data, data quality control, preparation for first analysis), data harmonization and interoperability tasks (e.g., of electronic healthcare registry data), implementation of missing data handling techniques, analysis of complex sample design survey data, analysis of data obtained from ambulatory assessment (e.g., using multi-level modelling, neural network analysis), and the implementation of machine-learning techniques to increase prediction model accuracy and to identify most important predictors. Teaching experience is appreciated in order to provide internal educational group sessions on statistical and methodological aspects.

Knowledge:

Knowledge of statistical software packages (R, Python, SAS, STATA, M-PLUS) is an asset. Good communication and organizational skills are essential in our team. Knowledge of Catalan, Spanish, and English is appreciated.

Additional information:

This subsidy may be co-financed by the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund, 'One way of making Europe'.

Contract:

Indefinit d’activitats cientifico-tècniques 12p

Schedule	Retribution	Hire date
Full time	27422.00 € bruts anuals	February 2023