The Department Methodology and Statistics at Maastricht University, The Netherlands, has two vacancies for enthusiastic and committed assistant professors of Statistics with a view to permanent posts, one in the Faculty Health, Medicine and Life Science (FHML), School CAPHRI, Maastricht UMC+, and another in the Faculty Psychology and Neuro Science (FPN), Maastricht University.
Teaching:
Teaching responsibility will largely focus on close collaboration with fellow colleagues and contribute to the following:
• Delivering statistics teaching in one or two of the Bachelor's programs and in a master's or PhD course in the FHML or FPN
• Developing, preparing and organizing teaching modules, workshops and seminars and computer training sessions
• Supporting and guiding tutorials groups and constructing test items.
Research:
The successful candidates will be expected to
• Conduct and develop independent methodological-statistical research on a relevant field for the FHML and FPN (e.g. Bayesian statistics, robust statistics, missing data, mixture models, structural equation modeling, causal inference, high-dimensional data).
• Publish high quality research papers in international top scientific journals
• Obtain research funding.
Consultancy:
The successful applicants will be required to provide statistics expertise and support to researchers, and where necessary perform advanced statistical analyses. In this regard, act as co-authors.
Requirements
The following conditions are related to these functions:
• Graduated with a PhD in Methodology and Statistics, Psychometrics, Biometrics, Econometrics or in a similar field of study
• Proven aptitude of elementary mathematical statistics and advanced applied statistics
• Ability and experience in statistics teaching to students in Health Science, Medicine, Psychology or Social Science
• Publications in international Journals
• Ability to converse with different groups (scientists, students, health carers, managers, funders) and to connect with these groups
• Excellent writing and expressional skills in the English language and willingness to learn Dutch.
Conditions of employment
We offer a full-time position with the Maastricht University at the Department Methodology of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, School CAPHRI or within the section Statistics of the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (in each faculty a fulltime position vacant).
Contract type: Temporary, 2 years, with a view to permanent posts
How to apply ?
Before November 9, through the short link at www.academictransfer.com/24779
Additional information
Prof.dr. Gerard van Breukelen, Chair, Department Methodology and Statistics FHML and Section Statistics Faculty Psychology (FPN),
Tel. 00 31 (0)43 3882258 or 3884001, Email: [log in to unmask]
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