Position Title: Postdoctoral Associate-Biostatistics

Duties & Responsibilities: The Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics at Duke University Medical Center is seeking a Postdoctoral Associate for a four-year research project. The specific goals of the project are to develop and validate prognostic and predictive models to predict clinical outcomes; test for Prentice surrogate criteria; create implementable applications for final models; develop statistical methodology related to the above aims; and write manuscripts. There will be an opportunity to work on biomarker data.

Position Qualifications: Candidates must have: a PhD degree in statistics or biostatistics; experience in penalized regression methods and data base manipulation; and strong programming skills in order to conduct simulation studies and perform real applications (R/SAS software/programming). Candidate must have excellent communication skills (verbal written and presentation) a working knowledge of validation approaches (preferred) and proficiency in R Linux system and C++. Knowledge for survival models is preferred.

Salary Range: Competitive

Benefits: Visit the Duke University Office of Postdoctoral Service website at http://www.postdoc.duke.edu for details.

Web Site: www.biostat.duke.edu

Application Address: Interested applicants should submit application materials (cover letter CV statement of research interests and the contact information for at least three references) using the following link: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2554

Contact Email: kim.hall@duke.edu

Application Deadline: 07/31/2013