ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOSTATISTICS - TENURE TRACK
DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS
BROWN UNIVERSITY
PROVIDENCE, RI  
USA

The Department of Biostatistics, Public Health Program, Brown University invites applications for a
junior faculty position (Assistant Professor (tenure track)). This position was developed in
collaboration with Brown's Initiative in Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4) and is 
focused on applicants with appropriate background, strong interest and/or record of accomplishment 
in statistical methods for spatial data and social network data. 

Applications are invited from outstanding biostatisticians who combine a strong commitment to development and use of innovative statistical methods with an ability to make substantial contributions to interdisciplinary research in public health and medicine. 

Candidates must provide evidence of outstanding research potential 
and express strong interest in interdisciplinary collaboration. They also must show evidence of 
excellent oral and written communication skills and possess strong ability and interest in teaching 
and mentoring of students in the growing educational programs in Biostatistics and across Public 
Health, and in the social science fields represented by S4. 

The new faculty member will join a highly interdisciplinary Biostatistics faculty of eleven and will also have the opportunity for interactions and collaborations with social science faculty across the S4 initiative. Current Biostatistics faculty research interests include diagnostic test evaluation, missing data and causal inference, bioinformatics, statistical methods for HIV epidemiology, Bayesian inference, the analysis of spatial data, statistical methods for neuroscience, and health services and outcomes research. 

Interested applicants should send a letter of application, a description of current and 
planned research, and updated curriculum vitae to: Constantine Gatsonis, PhD, Chair, Department of 
Biostatistics, Box G-S121-7, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912. In addition, applicants should 
arrange for at least three letters of recommendation to be sent to the above address. Application 
review will start on January 10, 2012. 

Applications received by January 15, 2012 will receive full consideration. Applications received after the priority deadline may be reviewed until the position is filled or the search is closed. Brown University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and actively solicits applications from women and minorities. 

For more information, please contact Constantine Gatsonis ([log in to unmask], 401-863-9183)
or Joe Hogan ([log in to unmask], 401-863-9243).

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