The Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Biostatistics Unit,
at the University of Zurich invites applications for a research
position at the PostDoc level ("wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter"). The
appointment will probably start at September 1st, 2007.


The candidate should 

 * have a PhD in Statistics or in a related field

 * have publications in Biostatistics in international journals, with
   applications either in clinical or epidemiological research

 * have very good programming skills in R, MATLAB, C, or similar

 * ideally have experience in statistical consulting

 * be interested in interdisciplinary research

 * be a teamplayer and committed

Among your duties and responsibilities are independent research in an
area of Biostatistics, teaching and consulting within the medical
faculty, as well as input in the design of a Master program in
Biostatistics. We expect interest in obtaining the postdoctoral
lecture qualification (habilitation) and the acquisition of external
research projects.

The University of Zurich is one of the leading research universities
in Europe and offers the widest range of study courses in Switzerland.
The University of Zurich and the ETH Zurich collaborate in many areas,
which makes Zurich a research place of international renown. The
Biostatistics Unit cooperates with many institutes within the Faculty
of Medicine, but has also close connections to the Faculty of
Science. A joint Master program in Biostatistics will be established
by 2008 together with the Seminar of Statistics at ETH Zurich.

For more details, please contact the head of the Biostatistics Unit,
Prof. Leonhard Held, Email held@ifspm.uzh.ch. Applicants should submit
a detailed CV, including a list of publications and 1-2 references,
before June 9th, 2007 via ordinary mail to

Prof. Dr. Leonhard Held
University of Zurich
Institut of Social and Preventive Medicine
Biostatistics Unit
Hirschengraben 84
8001 Zurich
Switzerland