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LISA is the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis at Virginia Tech. It was originally founded in 1948 and then reorganized and renamed in 2008. LISA’s mission is to train statisticians to become interdisciplinary collaborators and promote the value of statistical thinking in all phases of scientific research by helping researchers design experiments; collect, analyze, and plot data; run statistical software; interpret results; and communicate statistical concepts to non-statisticians. In 2012, statistical collaborators from LISA collaborated with researchers on 412 projects from 66 departments, provided statistical advice for 396 visitors to LISA Walk-in Consulting, and taught 506 short course attendees how to apply statistics in their research.
Position Title:
LISA Fellow
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Work with the LISA collaboration team to apply their statistical expertise to assist clients from diverse fields of study such as urban studies, engineering, bioinformatics, horticulture, psychology, economics, wildlife science, education, food sciences, finance, and many others. - Attend LISA meetings and sessions to develop their statistical collaboration and communication skills. - Serve first as an associate collaborator and then as a lead collaborator.
Position Qualifications:
- Statistical background: has or is currently pursuing at least a masters or equivalent in statistics or a statistics related field. - Desire to develop a statistical collaboration laboratory in their country after completing the LISA Fellows program.
Salary Range:
$2,000 per month stipend
Benefits:
Benefits include health insurance, visa fees, a one-time settling-in allowance to help with moving expenses, and support for traveling from their home country and returning after the one-year fellowship.
Web Site:
www.lisa.stat.vt.edu/LISA2020
Application Address:
Visit our website to complete our interest form and we will send you the application directly.
Contact Email: LISA2020@vt.edu
Application Deadline:
05/01/2013
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