at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 53857
Department: MED-Physical Med & Rehab
Salary/Grade: EXS/8
Target hiring range for this position will be between $85,000-$110,000 per year. Offered salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.
Job Summary:
Master’s-level Biostatistician to support cutting-edge clinical, translational, and rehabilitation research. The Biostatistician will partner with faculty investigators, clinicians, and research teams working on musculoskeletal disorders, pain interventions, device-assisted mobility, neurorehabilitation, functional outcomes, and multi-site clinical trials.
The role involves study design, statistical analysis, data quality oversight, and dissemination of results, supporting a rapidly growing research portfolio across PM&R and affiliated centers such as the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab.
Specific Responsibilities:
Strategic Planning
- Collaborates with PM&R faculty to design studies involving rehabilitation interventions, gait and biomechanics, imaging, electromechanical devices (e.g., Lokomat/exoskeleton systems), pain and osteoarthritis trials, and functional outcomes research.
- Develops analytic plans, statistical analysis plans (SAPs), and supports IRB and protocol submissions.
- Performs sample size and power calculations for randomized trials, longitudinal observational studies, pilot studies, and device-based evaluation projects.
- Advises on optimal statistical methods for repeated-measures outcomes, movement/biomechanics metrics, and clinically meaningful change thresholds.
- Works with data engineers, coordinators, and device teams to ensure accurate capture and integration of clinical, biomechanical, wearable/device, and PROM-based data.
- Conducts data cleaning, quality checks, and preparation of analysis-ready datasets.
- Guides decisions about missing data handling, longitudinal data structure, and harmonization across multi-site studies or differing device outputs.
Administration
- Reviews reports before presentation to ensure quality and accuracy.
- Develops and maintains documentation of process for quality
