Position Information

Position/Rank Biostatistics Faculty Investigator, Tenure or Research Track Dependent on Experience

Department 00952 - Division of Epidemiology

City Salt Lake City, UT

Track Track Dependent on Qualifications

New Position to Begin When filled

Details

The Cancer Biostatistics Shared Resource at Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Study Design and Biostatistics Center ( SDBC ) in the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Utah invite applications for a faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor level in the Research or Tenure Track. We are seeking candidates with the research skills and experience required to assume leadership roles in multi-disciplinary research teams successfully and to support and develop grant proposals. The successful candidate will have opportunities to participate in methodological research. Substantive interest and experience are desired in one or more of the following areas: methods for cancer research, modern causal inference, behavioral statistics, pharmacological research, clinical trial design, analysis of secondary data, machine learning, and high dimensional data analysis, and applications of mixed effects models to health data. This position will have its academic home in the Division of Epidemiology in the Department of Internal Medicine.

The Cancer Biostatistics Research supports cancer-related research with the Huntsman Cancer Institute. The SDBC is the statistical core of the Translational Research: Implementation, Analysis and Design ( TRIAD ) Team, which is a multidisciplinary group of biostatisticians, epidemiologists, psychometricians, health economists, survey design researchers, systematic review experts, and qualitative researchers engaged in a wide range of collaborations throughout the Health Science Center of the University of Utah. Focus areas of the Cancer Biostatistics Resource and the SDBC include the design and analysis of clinical trials and observational studies, cancer research, analysis of longitudinal and survival data, epidemiologic modeling, Bayesian analysis, modern causal inference, statistical genetics and genomics, machine learning methods, and behavioral statistics and psychometrics.

Required Qualifications: PhD in biostatistics or related discipline, demonstrated excellence in collaborative and methodological research, experience writing statistical sections for grant applications.

Contact for Inquiries: Brian Rood,brian.rood@hsc.utah.edu

Please apply online here –

https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/163972

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collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The U of U Health values candidates

who are committed to fostering and furthering the culture of compassion,

collaboration, innovation, accountability, diversity, integrity, quality, and trust that is

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EEO/Non-Discrimination Information

All qualified individuals are strongly encouraged to apply. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

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Special Instructions for Candidates

Please submit CV with mm/yyyy format for start and end dates.

Open Date 04/29/2024

Close Date

Open Until Filled Yes

Requisition Number PRN03550F

Type Faculty