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The Division of Biostatistics (www.sph.umn.edu/biostatistics) currently includes 33 graduate faculty and 65 staff. The Division offers MS, MPH, and PhD degrees as well as a Certificate in Applied Biostatistics, and interacts in teaching, advising and research with the University of Minnesota School of Statistics. The Division has significant strengths in the broad areas targeted by this search. Current research in statistical methodology includes causal modeling, adaptive clinical trials, statistical genetics and bioinformatics including genomics and proteomics, analysis of spatial and longitudinal data, medical imaging methods, Bayesian methods, computer-intensive methods such as Markov chain Monte Carlo, survival analysis, and statistical data mining. Our faculty’s methods grants complement our large, more collaborative research projects with investigators in the University’s Academic Health Center. At the present time, the Division has statistical and data coordinating centers for NIH-funded clinical trials networks in HIV/AIDS, other infectious disease, and in lung and cardiovascular disease. The Division also collaborates actively on research in cancer prevention and treatment, dentistry and periodontology, psychiatry/psychology, environmental and occupational health, health policy, chronic and neurodegenerative diseases, and smoking prevention. Multi-year grants and contracts for various Divisional projects total over $53 M.
Position Title:
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor of Biostatistics
Duties & Responsibilities:
The Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, at the University of Minnesota is announcing openings for two tenured or tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank. A successful candidate will also be responsible for teaching and advising students at the graduate level. At the present time, the Division has 72 graduate students (39 MS and 33 PhD).
Position Qualifications:
We are especially interested in individuals with academic and research records in (1) the development of innovative approaches, methods, and software for the manipulation and analysis of “big data” in the biomedical sciences, (2) methods for survey sampling small area estimation, or (3) structural equation modeling (SEM), causal analysis, and other methods useful for accounting for latent factors in observational data. We will however consider applications from candidates in other important related research areas, as well as those with PhDs in areas besides biostatistics or statistics.
Salary Range:
Benefits:
The salary range for these faculty positions will be very competitive, and the University of Minnesota offers excellent fringe benefits.
Web Site:
www.sph.umn.edu/biostatistics
Application Address:
Applications received before November 15, 2013 will be given first consideration for an interview. However we will continue to accept applications until the positions are filled. Applicants should submit a cover letter, current curriculum vitae, and the names of at least three references online at <http://employment.umn.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=113880>. Please reference requisition # 186416. In addition, a letter of recommendation from each of the three references should be sent to: Biostatistics Search Committee, Division of Biostatistics, A460 Mayo Building, MMC 303, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. For questions contact Megan Schlick (megana@biostat.umn.edu).
Contact Email: brown198@umn.edu
Application Deadline:
11/15/2013
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