[R] New Department of Biostatistics, Multiple Job Openings

[Frank E Harrell Jr]

NEW DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS
	
The School of Medicine at Vanderbilt University is pleased to announce
the creation of a new Department of Biostatistics.  Vanderbilt has
made a major new funding commitment to build a world-class department.
Chaired by Frank E. Harrell, Jr., the new department has exceptional
institutional support from a medical center that is currently 16th in
U.S. News and World Report's 2002 rankings of research-oriented
medical schools, and has seen a sharp rise in NIH and other grant
funding.  The Vanderbilt School of Medicine has a strong basic,
clinical, and health services research program.  The Dean and other
senior medical school faculty are committed to providing outstanding
collaborative support in biostatistics to clinical and basic
scientists and to developing a graduate program in biostatistics that
will train outstanding collaborative scientists and will focus on the
methods of modern applied statistics.

The department currently has 9 PhD faculty members and plans to double
in size over the next two years, continuing to add a significant
number of faculty and staff biostatisticians after that.  Besides a
graduate program, a statistical data coordinating center will be
created.  We are excited about the future and seek outstanding
biostatisticians who will help us to bring our goals to fruition.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE AT ALL LEVELS

There are openings at all levels: full professor, associate professor,
assistant professor, senior and junior M.S. biostatistician,
statistical programmers knowledgeable about tools such as R, S-Plus, and
LaTeX, and data managers.  We are especially seeking individuals with
expertise in clinical trials, health services research, Bayesian
methods, statistical methods in epidemiology, multicenter clinical
trial data management, clinical safety assessment for pharmaceutical
trials, and modern statistical computing.  Applicants for PhD or MS
biostatistician positions must have degrees in Biostatistics or have
graduate degrees in Statistics with significant experience in
clinical research or health services/outcomes research. 

Vanderbilt University is an independent, privately supported,
university with an enrollment of 10,800 undergraduate, graduate, and
professional students.  The medical center is located within the main
campus on 330 acres near downtown Nashville, Tennessee.  Faculty and
staff at the university receive excellent fringe benefits, including
health, dental, life, and disability insurance, a tax deferred
contributory retirement plan, and generous tuition assistance for
dependents.

Nashville is a pleasant metropolitan area of approximately 1.2 million
residents.  A wide variety of cultural activities are available,
especially for music lovers.  Nashville is famous as the home of
country and western music.  In addition, as a recording center for the
music industry, the city draws many excellent rock, jazz, and
classical artists.  Sports fans will appreciate the Tennessee Titans
(football), Nashville Predators (ice hockey), Nashville Sounds (AAA
baseball), and numerous intercollegiate sporting events.  There are
many parks in the area, including the largest in-city park in the
United States.  Nashville also provides easy access to recreational
areas for hiking, bicycling, water sports, and other outdoor
activities.

All candidates must enjoy collaborative research and possess excellent
written and verbal communication skills.  Send CV to
biostat at vanderbilt.edu or 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.