R sig jobs - Jun 2010 - Immediate Consulting Opportunity: Health Care Informatics Statistical Programmer and Research Support Analyst

We are looking to add experts to our fast growing managed service practice
that provides access to a research platform and selected commercial medical
observational data bases. Preferred locations are Boston and Philadelphia

Roles and Responsibilities:
Assist clients in the use of the research platform and data, providing
technical support to client researchers who want to use the research
platform and data bases to develop and run statistical analysis programs.
Assist client statisticians and programmers in optimizing their programs
using a wide range of data mining and statistical techniques.

Ideal Skill Requirements:
At  least three years of experience working with a Life Sciences or Health
Care organization research?team using observational as well as clinical data
and 3 ? 8 years in using SAS and/or R to analyze large claims and electronic
medical record data bases for safety and /or outcomes and economics
research. 
? Experience with Base SAS, SAS/STAT, and R is also required
? Helpful to have experience with SAS/GRAPH, SAS Visual Data Discovery,
Oracle and Postgree SQL as well as UNIX scripting 
? Helpful to have experience with one or more of the following data bases:
Thomson Reuters Mediscan, GE, i3 and GPRD data
? Knowledge of the common data models and methods developed by the
Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership is a plus.
? Equivalent experience working for a CRO or university is acceptable

Bill Tomassini
Partner
william.tomassini at mcmcons.com
www.mcmcons.com
Phone: 484-678-9781
Fax: 610-631-3231