R help - Jan 2005 - JOBS: Vanderbilt University Department of Biostatistics

The well-supported and rapidly-growing Department of Biostatistics in 
the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, has 
multiple openings for persons with an MS or PhD in biostatistics, at all 
levels. We are especially recruiting for the following positions.

    - A senior faculty member to lead a multi-center clinical trial data 

      coordinating center.
      The individual must have extensive experience in NIH-sponsored data
      coordinating centers.
    - A senior faculty member with experience in health services or
      outcomes research or clinical epidemiology to lead a biostatistics
      unit for surgical sciences.
    - Senior MS biostatisticians with 5 or more years of experience.  At
      Vanderbilt, such persons have faculty positions.
    - Associate professors
    - Junior MS biostatisticians

We are also seeking assistant and full professors. The department 
currently has 16 PhD faculty biostatisticians, 6 senior and 5 junior MS 
biostatisticians, and 10 computer systems analysts and plans to grow 
significantly in size over the next three years, continuing to add a 
significant number of faculty and staff biostatisticians after that.

In general we seek individuals with expertise in clinical trials, health 
services and outcomes research, Bayesian methods, multicenter clinical 
trial data management, imaging, and modern statistical computing 
(especially R or S-Plus). See 
http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/JobOpenings for 
more information.

All candidates must enjoy collaborative research and possess excellent 
written and verbal communication skills. Send CV to Search Committee, 
Biostatistics, S-2323 MCN, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 
37232-2158. Vanderbilt University is an equal opportunity/affirmative 
action employer; all qualified persons are encouraged to apply. CVs may 
be sent electronically to both f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu and 
biostat at vanderbilt.edu. Please state in the subject of the E-mail the 
position for which you are applying or inquiring.


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Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University