Online Visiting Professor of Healthcare Statistics

Opportunity:
DeVry University focuses on developing long-term relationships with superior instructors who have high professional standards, excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and a commitment to providing the finest practitioner-focused education. We are seeking primarily industry professionals to teach and share their knowledge and experience with undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of fields.

• Courses meet once or twice a week for eight weeks.
• Face-to-face interaction is blended with technology (such as online discussions and online assignments) for an enhanced learning environment.
• Faculty are responsible for facilitating student learning by teaching courses and programs in accordance with DeVry University requirements.
• Faculty develop course syllabi and lesson plans and apply teaching techniques to best achieve course and programmatic objectives.
• All DeVry instructors will participate in a comprehensive faculty training program and ongoing faculty development activities to ensure the highest quality instruction. 
• DeVry University does not guarantee any specific number of work hours or assignments, which may vary based on the University’s needs and discretion.
• As you explore this opportunity, we invite you to view this briefvideo highlighting how our faculty engage in meaningful student support.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and provides students with an approved DeVry University syllabus that follows a template established by the local campus, and which includes the terminal course objectives.
• Organizes, prepares, and regularly revises and update all course materials.
• Uses appropriate technological options for online technologies and course-related software, including Websites, e-mail, and online discussions for preparing the course and making it accessible to students.
• Models effective oral and written communications that engage the students, provide clarity, and improve student learning. 
• Sets clear expectations for the course by publishing course terminal objectives, assignment/examinations dates, and weight the distribution of various evaluation categories.
• Ensures that the content and level of material included on exams correspond to the course terminal objectives.
• Demonstrates consistency and fairness in the preparation and grading of exams, and provide timely feedback to students.
• Embraces and integrates the responsible use of AI technologies in the classroom to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
• Demonstrates the ability to recognize, evaluate, and address appropriate and inappropriate student use of AI tools in academic work.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Master's degree in biostatistics, epidemiology, or healthcare-related field.
• All Degrees must be from a regionally accredited institution or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years applying statistical methods to healthcare data (clinical trials, observational studies, quality improvement).
• Expertise in data visualization, regression analysis, survival analysis, and longitudinal data methods.
• Experience with healthcare-specific statistical challenges (missing data, risk adjustment, propensity scoring).
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements for healthcare research (IRB, HIPAA).
• This role requires the ability to work flexible hours, including evenings.
• Faculty must have a commitment to ongoing professional development in instructional technology, digital literacy, and responsible AI practices.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional statistician accreditation (PStat) or SAS certification.
• Current Certified Health Data Analyst (CHDA) Certification orCertified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS) preferred.
• Experience with FDA submission statistics or CMS quality measure development.
• Background in health economics and outcomes research (HEOR).
• Experience in overseeing systems responsible for managing healthcare data at the department or organizational level or equivalent.
• Previous experience teaching statistics to healthcare professionals.

Pay:

Visiting Professor pay is based on level, credit hours taught per 8-week session, and location. 

• Pay may vary in most states from $1500-$2700 per 8-week session.

• Pay in the states of AZ, CA, IN and PA is paid at an hourly rate of either $22.00/hour or $23.50/hour.