01/25/2013
The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center
Company Information: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The Department of Biostatistics is in the Division of Quantitative Sciences at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Division of Quantitative Sciences includes the Department of Biostatistics and the Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and has over 150 members, including 35 full time and 5 part-time faculty researchers, 5 PhD-level research statisticians, 2 PhD-level bioanalysts, 8 postdoctoral fellows, 25 master’s degree-level statistical analysts, and 12 PhD-level statistical analysts. Additional research is conducted by 8 graduate research assistants currently under supervision in the division. The department performs a wide range of collaborative and methodological research related to all areas of cancer researcher, including prevention, risk modeling, early detection and screening, biomarker detection and validation, clinical trials, and large-scale epidemiological studies. The Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology houses one of seven Genome Data Analysis Centers (GDACs) for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and recently the institution has kicked off a new "moonshot" plan, a broad, integrated multi-faceted approach to cancer research. (http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/09/md-anderson-launches-3-billion-m.html)

Position Title: Postdoctoral fellow in Biostatistics

Duties & Responsibilities: The postdoctoral fellows will work under the joint supervision of Dr. Ying Yuan and Dr. Jing Ning. The primary research focus will be on developing novel statistical methodology for joint modeling, Bayesian adaptive clinical trial design, causal inference, survival analysis. 



Position Qualifications: We seek a highly motivated individual with a Ph.D. degree in statistics/biostatistics or related quantitative fields. Must have strong methodology training in statistics/biostatistics; strong programming skills, in particular R/Matlab and preferably one lower level computer language such as C or Fortran; interest in statistical methodology research. Expertise or skills in any of the following areas are desirable: Bayesian MCMC computations, longitudinal and survival data analysis, causal inference, missing data analysis, nonparametric regression and spatio-temporal data. 



Salary Range: Salary Range: $65,000



Benefits: Competitive benefits See: http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/education-and-training/schools-and-programs/research-training/programs-and-courses/postdoctoral-research-programs/benefits/index.html



Web Site: http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/biostats/



Application Address: Interested applicants should send a cover letter, statement of research interests, vitae and three references to: yyuan@mdanderson.org (Subject line: postdoc application)



Contact Email: yyuan@mdanderson.org



Application Deadline: MM/DD/YYYY