Assistant Professor - Tenure Track – Biostatistics

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Work type:Faculty Full Time
Location:UMass Amherst
Department: Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Union: MSP
Categories:Faculty, School of Public Health & Health Sciences

About UMass Amherst

UMass Amherst, the Commonwealth's flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1,450-acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban centers. In addition, the University is part of the Five Colleges (including Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College), which adds to the intellectual energy of the region.

Job Description

The Biostatistics Program  in the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology  seeks a tenure track faculty at the rank of Assistant Professor. Responsibilities will include research, advising students, teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels, and service. We are interested in candidates with research experience in one or more areas of applied and/or methodological biostatistical research and who can teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels.  Successful applicants will be dynamic, collaborative researchers whose methodological work is inspired by pressing problems in public health and biomedical sciences. Candidates should have demonstrated potential to develop an extramurally funded research program in biostatistical methods and/or application.

The Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst  consists of 24 faculty who conduct collaborative, cutting-edge research in a variety of areas. Faculty are part of the undergraduate public health sciences major, MPH program, and doctoral degree (PhD) in public health in the school and MS program in biostatistics. Biostatistics faculty methodological research focuses on areas such as Bayesian methods, methods for high-dimensional data, machine learning, clinical trial design, time-series analysis, missing data, and survival analysis. Application areas include multi-omics, biomarker discovery, population genetics, demography, epidemiology, infectious disease, and analysis of electronic medical record data. Department members collaborate with faculty within the school, from other departments across campus, the UMass Medical School in Worcester, and Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. Our program also maintains active collaborations with the United Nations, the World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and other governmental agencies and academic institutions in the US and internationally.

Salary/Benefits

The University of Massachusetts tenure-track positions provide nine months of “hard money” guaranteed salary support, plus the opportunity to earn additional salary support from other sources (e.g., grants, contracts, consulting). The University also offers attractive benefits, including attractive start-up packages for new faculty, one semester of paid family leave for the arrival of a new child, paid sabbatical leaves, and the option to participate in state-sponsored pension and retirement plans.

Requirements

Candidates for this position must meet the following minimum requirements:

• Terminal degree (e.g., PhD, ScD) in Biostatistics or closely related field of study at the time of appointment.
• Evidence of potential to conduct independent and collaborative funded research.
• Strong record of peer-reviewed publication given career stage.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills; and
• Demonstrated interest and ability in teaching and advising at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Additional Information

The University of Massachusetts believes a broad diversity is essential to an inclusive climate and critical to the University's goals of achieving excellence in all areas. We will holistically assess the many qualifications of each applicant and favorably consider an individual's record working with students and colleagues with broadly diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds in educational, research or other work activities. We will also favorably consider experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic degree and career. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members.

Application Instructions

The application review process will begin October 1, 2023, and will continue until the position is filled.  Your application should include all materials and references by this date. The earliest anticipated start date is September 2024.

Interested candidates should submit their cover letter, curriculum vitae, a brief description of their research and teaching interests, and the names of three references through PageUp. Applicants are encouraged to include in their application materials specific personal or professional reasons why they would be excited to join the Biostatistics faculty at UMass Amherst. Applicants are also invited to address inclusion in their research and/or teaching statements.

The University is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The University of Massachusetts Amherst is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Because broad diversity is essential to an inclusive climate and critical to the University’s goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will holistically assess the many qualifications of each applicant and favorably consider an individual’s record working with students and colleagues with broadly diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds in educational, research or other work activities. We will also favorably consider experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career and degree.