Position Title: Postdoctoral Fellow

Duties & Responsibilities: A Postdoctoral Fellow position is available in the Department of Biostatistics at Virginia Commonwealth University. This position provides opportunities for both methodological and applied collaborative research. The research topic involves developing and applying innovative statistical methods to (i) determine childhood risk factors of adult cardiovascular abnormalities, and to (ii) determine whether deviations from healthy juvenile growth patterns affect adulthood cardiac structure and function.

Position Qualifications: Candidates must have a PhD in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, or in another related area, and should have substantial statistical expertise in the areas of longitudinal data analysis, mixed effects models, latent variable modeling, and/or hierarchical modeling. In addition, candidates should have experience working with large longitudinal data sets and should have strong statistical computing and programming skills (e.g. R and/or SAS). Applicants should send curriculum vitae (CV) and statement of research interest via email to Dr. Roy T. Sabo at rsabo@vcu.edu.

Salary Range: $45,000-$55,000

Benefits: Please visit the VCU Website below for Postdoctoral benefits: http:/www.research.vcu.edu/vpr/postdoc/benefits.htm

Web Site: www.vcu.edu

Application Address: Please send curriculum vitae (CV) and references to: Dr. Roy Sabo VCU Department of Biostatistics P. O. Box 980032 Richmond, VA 23298-0032 or email: rsabo@vcu.edu

Contact Email: rsabo@vcu.edu

Application Deadline: position open until filled