Assistant Professor of Biostatistics (Non-Tenure Track), Preventive Medicine & Population Health

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Provides statistical support services to UTMB faculty, staff and students.
• Develops new statistical inference methods.
• Plans, directs and reports statistical analysis of research data.
• Develops and adapts innovative methodologies which can be used in biomedical studies.
• Designs and implements statistical analysis of biomedical databases.
• Outlines and describes experimental designs, including sample size projections.
• Collaborates with investigators in grant development including statistical design of studies and preparation of statistical portion of grant proposal.
• Collaborates with investigators in methodology grant development.
• Writes statistical portions of manuscript based on results of analysis and addresses manuscript revisions based on reviewer's comments.
• Collaborates with biostatistics faculty to publish methodology manuscripts.
• Teaches both short courses and regular graduate level courses at a level consistent with the UTMB faculty and staff requirements.
• Provides sound statistical practice.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with a high degree of professionalism and competence in dealing with a variety of individuals.
• Ability to communicate information to non-statisticians.
• Adheres to internal controls established for department.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Doctoral degree (PhD or DrPH) in Biostatistics or Statistics and at least 3 years of related experience. 

PREFERRED SKILLS:

• Personal computer.
• Proficiency in computing, including knowledge of statistical packages such as SAS, SPSS, R, or SQL.
• Familiarity with database management.
• Problem-solving.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Good organization skills.
• Knowledge of statistical and scientific research design.
• Knowledge of data files handling techniques.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Six years of related experience in Statistics or Biostatistics in the healthcare field.  Experience in design and analyze of clinical trials. Classroom teaching experience.   

SALARY: 

Commensurate with experience.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY:

UTMB Health strives to provide equal opportunity employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. As a VEVRAA Federal Contractor, UTMB Health takes affirmative action to hire and advance women, minorities, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.