Assistant Professor of Biostatistics
University of Pennsylvania Perelman
United States

Description

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for several Associate or Full Professor positions in either the non-tenure clinician educator track or the tenure track. Expertise is required in the specific area of biostatistical methods development and applications. A successful candidate is expected to be as a research leader in their area of specialization. While specific experience in pediatric research is not required, an interest in children’s health is expected. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Teaching responsibilities may include participation in biostatistics PhD and MS training programs, as well as teaching biostatistics courses in epidemiology, health policy, and other biomedical programs. Candidates are expected to have a strong commitment to teaching and mentoring.

Research or scholarship responsibilities may include the development of innovative leading-edge statistical methodology as well as collaborative research projects at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine.

Tenure track applicants will focus primarily on the development of innovative leading-edge statistical methodology, with secondary emphasis on collaborative research projects within the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine. A demonstrated track record as the principal investigator of methodological research supported by extramural grant funding is required. Clinician-Educator track applicants who have outstanding productivity in collaborative research, as well as some methodological research, are also encouraged to apply. There is a rich mix of ongoing biomedical research programs at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to provide motivation and opportunities for the development of novel statistical methods on wide-ranging domains of biomedical, clinical, and translational science.

The University of Pennsylvania is a vibrant team-science-oriented environment with elite biomedical research collaborators that is ideal for biostatistical collaboration and application-driven methodological research. The Division of Biostatistics includes 32 full-time faculty with diverse expertise spanning numerous methodological and biomedical areas, and we have strong, highly ranked, and growing MS and PhD programs in which we train the next generation of innovative quantitative leaders. The placement of Biostatistics in the Perelman School of Medicine with world-class medical, biological, and population scientists, as part of an integrated campus including the Wharton School of Business, School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science and other premier biomedical research institutions including the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia provides the ideal setting for cross-disciplinary collaboration and impactful quantitative research.

We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. The University of Pennsylvania and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are EOEs. Minorities/women/individuals with disabilities/protected veterans are encouraged to apply.


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