SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Assistant Professor (12MO), Biostatistics
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Teach biostatistics and data science courses, mentor master's and doctoral students, provide institutional biostatistical support, and conduct focused public health research. The role requires expertise in advanced statistical methods, data analysis, modeling, causal inference, statistical learning, and potentially omics, imaging, bioinformatics, or electronic health records data. Candidates must hold a terminal degree and demonstrate extramural funding and substantial publication success.
The Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics in the School of Public Health at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Assistant Professor (12MO). The successful candidate will: Teach biostatistics courses to masters and doctoral students.
Mentor Master of Public Health and doctoral students.
Provide biostatistics support to faculty in the School of Public Health and across Downstate Health Sciences University.
Engage in a focused area of research.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications
- Terminal degree, PhD, MD, ScD.
- Experience in teaching Data Science courses, program development, and developing and managing biostatistical support at the institutional level.
- Experience with data display; spatial analysis and modeling; statistical methods for hierarchical data; longitudinal repeated-measures data; complex survey data; mixed-methods data; quasi-experimental research designs; causal inference methods such as propensity score matching methods, and structural equation models; non-parametric and semi parametric methods; statistical learning methods for prediction and classification; and/or big data analytic expertise in-omics data, imaging data, bioinformatics, and electronic health records data.
- Expertise in machine learning and Al approaches to public health research is also desirable.
- Successful attainment of extramural funding and demonstrated research expertise, as evidenced by a substantial publication record in high-quality journals.
- Or, a satisfactory equivalent combination of experience, education and training to the above.
Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.
About the Team Equal Employment Opportunity
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.
Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at [email protected].
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