Senior Statistician

The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for a Senior Statistician position to conduct statistical analyses, data management and data linkage activities focused on building jurisdictional capacity to collect and analyze epidemiological data on stillbirths.

The Senior Statistician will be hired by the CDC Foundation and assigned to work at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Division of Reproductive Health (DRH). The Senior Statistician will apply statistical methodologies to support the collection, management, and analysis of fetal deaths. The Senior Statistician will have the ability to work with a variety of data sources, including administrative and longitudinal survey data and will clean, manage, link, weight and support analysis of these data sources. They will also participate in preparing manuscripts for publication. The incumbent will be expected to support data analyses, data management, and data weighting activities related to the surveillance of stillbirths.

This is an outstanding opportunity to work with the nation’s lead agency charged with protecting the public's health. The CDC Foundation offers a competitive salary and attractive benefits package. This is a grant funded position that currently ends 9/29/2025.

This is a remote position for U.S. based candidate. However, quarterly attendance at in-person team meetings in Atlanta, GA are required. Relocation expenses are not provided.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical assistance to support selected jurisdictions in strategies to strengthen surveillance efforts, including data collection, and guidance on statistical analysis of stillbirth data. Provide technical advice to internal and external peers and senior managers on programmatic and analytic direction in applied epidemiology, study design, project planning, and scientific writing and support data collection and statistical analysis of stillbirth data using related statistical software packages including but not limited to: SAS, SUDAAN, and R, and data management software including REDCap.
• Support the analysis of risk factors associated with stillbirth outcomes after pregnancy.
• Oversee data monitoring and data quality assurance activities to verify the completeness and accuracy of de-identified data shared by awardees and provide technical assistance to improve data completeness. Perform data matching from multiple administrative datasets with strict attention to accuracy.
• Support preliminary analysis and interpretation of data to improve understanding of characteristics of and prevention opportunities for addressing fetal deaths, enhance timeliness and standardization of fetal death identification by leading implementation of centralized death identification based on vital records, and support building jurisdictional epidemiologic capacity for using data for prevention of stillbirths.
• Advise jurisdictions in performing simple and complex statistical procedures such as risk prediction, multivariable logistic regression, linear regression, and survival analysis and repeated-measures methods to evaluate study hypotheses. Perform exploratory analysis on expanded datasets. Build and evaluate predictive models, regression analyses, and other models and summarize the results in clearly written reports.
• Examine data quality and problems in collection, or programming; prepare a final dataset and analysis for manuscripts and abstracts for posters and/or oral presentations.
• Provide guidance to jurisdictions to lead the identification of literature gaps, formulation of research questions, and manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
• Develop and maintain topic area subject matter expertise, research capacity to address maternal and child health through a health equity lens.
• Work collaboratively with other teams and across and outside the agency.
• Some domestic travel may be required (approximately 10%)

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s degree in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, public health, or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience with a PhD or 7 years' work experience with a master's degree as a Statistician, Epidemiologist or in a related field.
• Proficiency with design and implementation of epidemiologic studies.
• Possess strong data management and analysis skills. Experience applying advanced statistical techniques to survey design, data analysis, weighting, sampling, forecasting, quality control, and operations research. To include combining disparate data collected and/or available from multiple sources
• Advanced proficiency using data analysis software, statistical programming, and data management applications including, SAS callable SUDAAN, R and REDCap.
• Experience working with data from PRAMS.
• Experience working collaboratively with diverse partners and engaging in strategic partnerships, to include training, mentoring, and providing technical assistance.
• Proficiency in writing comprehensive statistical and analytical reports.
• Experience in developing abstracts, conference presentations, manuscripts, and other scientific writing products preferred.
• Ability to navigate competing priorities.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills required for teamwork and interaction with people across CDC and with external partners.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

About the CDC Foundation

• The CDC Foundation helps CDC save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. The CDC Foundation manages hundreds of programs each year impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status, and all other characteristics protected by law.

We comply with all applicable laws including E.O. 11246 and the Vietnam Era Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 governing employment practices and do not discriminate on the basis of any unlawful criteria in accordance with 41 C.F.R. §§ 60-300.5(a)(12) and 60-741.5(a)(7). As a federal government contractor, we take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.

The CDC Foundation is a smoke-free environment.

Relocation expenses are not included.