Biostatistics Research Associate

Job Description

About Us: Artera is an AI startup that develops medical artificial intelligence tests to personalize therapy for cancer patients. Artera is on a mission to personalize medical decisions for patients and physicians on a global scale.

Biostatistics / Fixed-Term / Remote U.S. or Canada

The Artera Graduate Biostatistics Program invites Master's- and PhD-level statisticians to gain hands-on experience applying biostatistics in the AI healthcare industry. During the 3-month program, Biostatistics Associates will contribute to real product development, clinical evidence generation, and AI model validation projects while receiving structured mentorship and on-the-job training from Artera's Biostatistics team.

This is a hands-on, project-based role working with real-world clinical datasets and contributing to analyses that support AI model development, clinical validation, regulatory submissions, publications, conference abstracts, collaborator updates, and internal decision-making.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Support clinical data intake, cleaning, and preparation of analysis-ready datasets for model development and clinical validation.
• Conduct exploratory and statistical analyses for retrospective and prospective oncology studies.
• Generate tables, figures, and summary outputs for internal review, publications, and regulatory submissions.
• Reproduce, validate, and QC existing analyses under supervision.
• Document analysis workflows and decisions to support reproducibility.
• Collaborate with Biostatistics, AI, Clinical, Product, and Regulatory stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Master's degree or higher in Biostatistics, Statistics, Epidemiology, Data Science, Public Health, or a related field.
• Experience using R for statistical analysis.
• Strong foundation in statistical methods and study design.
• Ability to communicate clearly with technical and non-technical collaborators.
• Ability to work independently on scoped analyses while incorporating feedback from senior team members.
• Interest in applying biostatistics to healthcare, oncology, AI, or clinical product development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with clinical, biomedical, oncology, pathology, genomics, imaging, real-world health, or clinical trial data.
• Familiarity with survival analysis or regression modeling.
• Experience with Python, SQL, or cloud compute environments.
• Experience creating reproducible analysis workflows using R Markdown, Quarto, Git, or similar tools.
• Experience supporting abstracts, manuscripts, scientific presentations, or collaborator-facing analysis deliverables.
• Interest in AI/ML applications in healthcare.

Program Structure:

• Duration: 3 months with a possibility of extension
• Location: Remote work in the United States or Canada
• Time commitment: Full-time
• Mentorship: Associates will receive direct mentorship from Artera’s Biostatistics team

Work Authorization Requirement:

This is a remote role open to candidates who are currently authorized to work either in the United States or in Canada without the need for current or future employment-based visa sponsorship. Artera does not sponsor visas for this position.

Eligible candidates may include:

Equal Employee Opportunity: At Artera, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients and physicians.

• Individuals authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis, such as U.S. citizens or permanent residents; or
• Individuals authorized to work in Canada, such as Canadian citizens or Canadian permanent residents.