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University of Utah Cardiovascular Biostatistics Faculty Investigator, Research or Tenure Track in Salt Lake City, Utah
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Position/Rank Cardiovascular Biostatistics Faculty Investigator, Research or Tenure Track
Department 00226 - Cardiology
City Salt Lake City, UT
Track Track Dependent on Qualifications
New Position to Begin When filled
Details
The Study Design and Biostatistics Center ( SDBC ) and the Cardiovascular Medicine Division in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah invite applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor Rank in the Research or Tenure Track. We are seeking candidates with the research skills and experience required to successfully assume roles in multi-disciplinary research teams, support and develop grant proposals, and provide guidance and mentorship to master’s trained biostatisticians as well as undergraduate and graduate students. The successful candidate will collaborate with clinical faculty researchers in the Cardiovascular Medicine Division and will have opportunities to participate in methodological research. Substantive interest and experience are desired in one or more of the following areas: methods for cardiology research, modern causal inference, clinical trial design, analysis of secondary data, machine learning and high dimensional data analysis, and applications of mixed effects models to health data. Support is available for candidates interested in independent methods research and career progression for those applicants who wish to pursue external funding.
The SDBC is the statistical core of the Translational Research: Implementation, Analysis and Design ( TRIAD ) Team, which is a multidisciplinary group of biostatisticians, epidemiologists, psychometricians, health economists, survey design researchers, systematic review experts and qualitative researchers engaged in a wide range of collaborations throughout the Health Science Center of the University of Utah. Focus areas of the SDBC include the design and analysis of clinical trials and observational studies, modern causal inference, machine learning methods, analysis of longitudinal and survival data, epidemiologic modeling, Bayesian analysis, statistical genetics and genomics, and behavioral statistics and psychometrics. The University of Utah has state-of-the-art labs and excellent support staff within a vibrant academic setting. Primary academic appointments will be in the Department of Medicine. Compensation will be based on academic rank, administrative, and educational experience. Rank and Track will be determined based on qualifications. The review begins immediately, continuing until the position is filled or the search is closed.
Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in biostatistics or a related discipline is required, as well as a demonstrated excellence in collaborative and methodological research. Experience writing statistical sections for grant applications is desired.
Preferred Qualifications : Prior experience in biomedical or cardiovascular research is desirable but not required. Prior experience in the analysis of large administrative data sets is desirable but not required.
Contact for Inquiries:
James C. Fang, MD
Professor and Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
C/O Audra Woolley, MBA
Director, Healthcare/Clinical
audra.woolley@hsc.utah.edu
Please include a Cover Letter, CV, summaries of research accomplishments (1 page) and future research plans (up to 2 pages) and contact information for three references.
Apply at this link :https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/164770
The University of Utah is in beautiful Salt Lake City, which offers an outstanding quality of life in a metropolitan area of 1.5 million residents, nestled in the foothills of the Wasatch Mountains. Utah’s great outdoors are nearby, offering world-class skiing, hiking, and mountain biking activities in the spectacular surrounding canyons. The city is vibrant and cosmopolitan, with theater, the arts, sports, and nightlife. The area has received international recognition for its light rail system, downtown, library system, and increasing diversity. Salt Lake City is home to sizable Latinx and immigrant populations (21.5% and 11.5% of residents, respectively). More than a third of Utah’s ethnic/racial minorities are children or youth under the age of 18 years, and the Salt Lake City School District is now a majority-minority district, with one in five Salt Lake County residents speaking a language besides English at home. The International Rescue Committee, headquartered in Salt Lake, is one of eight national resettlement committees committed to helping people with refugee status thrive in the United States. Per capita, Salt Lake City has the 11th largest LGBTQ population in the US and, among large US cities, has the highest percentage of same-sex couples (26 percent) raising children.
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Special Instructions for Candidates
Please upload CV in mm/yyyy format for start/end dates
Open Date 05/16/2024
Close Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Requisition Number PRN03563F
Type Faculty