The Department of Preventive Medicine (http://www.uthsc.edu/prevmed/ ) at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) seeks a full-time tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor for an academic position in Biostatistics.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) is a major medical and research center located in Memphis, Tennessee, which is a medium size, ethnically diverse, culturally rich, family-friendly city with a low cost of living. Excellent opportunities are available for collaborative research in human genetics, genomics, epidemiological studies, systems biology, biostatistics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics.
The Department of Preventive Medicine offers substantial advantages to the candidate interested in the development of his or her research potential. The Department’s areas of current emphasis include health promotion, women’s health, child development, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology, geriatrics and gerontology, behavioral epidemiology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, and human genetics. The Department is home to several large on-going observational studies and clinical trials in the areas of child development and pregnancy outcomes, cardiovascular disease, aging, women’s health, obesity, and smoking cessation both in civilian and military populations. The Department’s strong research infrastructure provides excellent support for subject recruitment, interviewing, clinical measurement, laboratory processing, and data processing and analysis. The Department has a strong tradition of collaboration locally with other Departments, the University of Memphis, local health care systems, state and local government, the Memphis City Schools, and local non-profit agencies such as St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The Department also has strong collaborations nationally and participates in large multicenter clinical trials and observational studies.
Minimum qualifications for the position are a PhD in Statistics, Biostatistics, Epidemiology (with dissertation in methodological research) or related area. Candidates with clinical and public health research experience are especially encouraged to apply. Rank will be commensurate with experience. Primary criteria for appointment will be experience, demonstrated ability in research, a relevant publication record in peer-reviewed journals, and evidence of successful teaching.
The successful applicant will work closely with a multidisciplinary team of biostatisticians, epidemiologists and clinicians at UTHSC and its affiliates. Responsibilities for this position include:
1) collaboration and consultation with faculty on design and analytic methods for research proposals and current research projects;
2) teaching 1-2 graduate courses per year and to supervise student research
3) preparation of grants, reports and manuscripts.
Interested applicants should submit electronically a copy of their curriculum vitae, a cover letter describing research interests and teaching experience, and at least three recommendation letters, one of which is preferred to be from the Ph.D. advisor, to
Mehmet Kocak, Ph.D., the Chair of the Biostatistics Faculty Search Committee, Department of Preventive Medicine, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, at mkocak1@uthsc.edu.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer