Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biostatistics is seeking qualified applicants with doctoral degrees in Biostatistics or a related field for a full-time faculty-level position in Biostatistics. Successful candidate(s) will have excellent oral and written communication skills, a strong methodological background, and interest in collaborating with a team of clinical researchers at MGH and other Harvard-affiliated institutions. Academic appointments at the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School will be within the Department of Medicine. Faculty are involved in teaching/mentoring of graduate students, medical students, residents, and fellows.

Areas of particular interest include the following:

(1) Observational data including statistical expertise in causal inference, longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, missing data methods, and machine learning/big data;

(2) Clinical trials including multi-site phase I – III trials, comparative effectiveness trials, novel study designs (including group-sequential, platform, and adaptive designs), Bayesian methods, survival analysis, and longitudinal data analysis;

(3) Precision medicine including biomarker discovery, development, and validation, risk prediction, machine learning/big data, and high-dimensional data.

MGH is the largest research hospital in the United States with an annual research budget of over one billion dollars. The mission of MGH Biostatistics is to engage in trans-disciplinary partnerships involving quantitative methods in public health and biomedicine. The Biostatistics team includes over 60 members (21 faculty) who are deeply embedded in collaborative research projects across more than twenty different domains. Candidates with interest in cancer, infectious disease, diabetes, neurology, psychiatry, and pulmonary and critical care medicine are especially encouraged to apply.

Interested candidates should send a cover letter, research statement, and Curriculum Vitae to biostat@mgh.harvard.edu. In addition, please advise three referees to submit letters of recommendation via email with subject line “Letter of recommendation for [applicant full name]”. Review of complete applications will begin January 3, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. 

About MGH Biostatistics

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biostatistics includes over 50 faculty and staff who are deeply embedded in collaborative statistical methods and applied biomedical research. We work in diverse domains across over 25 Divisions and Departments at MGH and beyond. Our mission is to engage in impactful trans-disciplinary collaborations involving quantitative methods in public health and biomedicine. This includes collaborating with physician scientists on the development, application and evaluation of rigorous statistical and data science methods to define and address a broad range of hypothesis-driven and exploratory research questions. Translating analytic findings into clinically meaningful discoveries is at the core of our efforts and, to this end, we are deeply embedded in collaborative research teams allowing us to gain and hone subject matter expertise.

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