Senior Biostatistician

Mayo Clinic CTSA Biostatistics Core Director

The Mayo Clinic Division of Biostatistics, Department of Health Sciences Research and the Mayo Clinic Center for Translational Science Activities (CTSA) are seeking a Biostatistics Core Director. The Mayo Biostatistics Core Director will gain immediate, broad exposure participating on a national CTSA work group identifying and implementing the best approaches to integrating biostatistics, epidemiology, and research design into the Mayo and the national clinical research effort. Qualified candidates will have broad experience in biostatistics and medical research, and interest and demonstrated success in clinical, translational, or basic research. The successful candidate will possess excellent leadership skills, communication skills and the ability to direct and develop a core and work as part of a multidisciplinary team of doctoral-, master’s-, and bachelor’s-level statisticians and programmers. Minimum qualifications include a Ph.D. degree in statistics, biostatistics, bioinformatics, or a closely aligned quantitative area at the Associate Professor level or equivalent, with computational experience and with demonstrated success in collaborating with

clinical and/or basic scientists.

The Department of Health Sciences Research (HSR) at Mayo Clinic is a multidisciplinary group of more than 60 doctoral level and 400 allied health staff who are dedicated to improving patient care through medical research. HSR includes a broad range of expertise and is the academic home of four divisions: Biomedical Informatics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Health Care Policy and Research. For more information on Biostatistics and HSR, visit http://www.mayo.edu/biostatistics.

The Mayo Clinic CTSA is the academic home for clinical and translational research at Mayo Clinic. As part of a national consortium of NIHfunded

research institutions, the Mayo Clinic CTSA trains the next generation of clinical/translational research teams and provides research facilities, staff, support services and community engagement programs to help translate medical research discoveries into better health for all. For more information, visit http://ctsa.mayo.edu and www.ctsaweb.org.

Applicants should submit their curriculum vitae with a cover letter summarizing their research background, interests, and goals, representative publications, as well as three letters of recommendation, sent separately. Review of applications will begin May 19, 2008, and will continue until the position is filled. For further information, please contact:

Walter Kremers

200 First Street SW • Harwick 7 • Rochester, MN 55905

Email: Kremers.Walter@mayo.edu