Biostatistics – Associate or Full Professor, Tenure Track or Clinician-Educator in Causal Inference

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Open Date: Sep 23, 2024 – Deadline: Sep 23, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

About the role

The Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (DBEI) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for several Associate or Full Professor positions in either the non-tenure clinician educator track or the tenure track. Expertise is required in the specific area of causal inference methods development and applications, with the ability to establish oneself as a research leader in their area of specialization. Applicants must have a Ph.D. or equivalent degree.

Responsibilities

• Teaching responsibilities may include participation in biostatistics PhD and MS training programs, as well as teaching biostatistics courses in epidemiology, health policy, and other biomedical programs.
• Mentoring students and demonstrating a strong commitment to teaching.
• Research or scholarship responsibilities may include:
  • Development of innovative leading-edge statistical methodology.
  • Collaborative research projects within the Perelman School of Medicine.
• Tenure track applicants will focus primarily on the development of innovative leading-edge statistical methodology, with secondary emphasis on collaborative research projects.
• Clinician-Educator track applicants are expected to demonstrate outstanding productivity in collaborative research, with some methodological research.

Requirements

• Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
• Established track record in methodology development, with the ability to establish oneself as a research leader in their area of specialization.
• For tenure track applicants: experience as Principal Investigator of methodological research supported by extramural grant funding.

About the department

The Division of Biostatistics includes over 30 full-time faculty with diverse expertise spanning numerous methodological and biomedical areas. The department offers strong, highly ranked, and growing MS and PhD programs in which we train the next generation of innovative quantitative leaders. The Perelman School of Medicine provides a vibrant team-science-oriented environment with elite biomedical research collaborators, ideal for biostatistical collaboration and application-driven methodological research.

The placement of Biostatistics within the Perelman School of Medicine—alongside world-class medical, biological, and population scientists, and as part of an integrated campus including the Wharton School of Business, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Engineering and Applied Science, and premier biomedical research institutions such as the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia—offers an ideal setting for cross-disciplinary collaboration and impactful quantitative research.

There is a rich mix of ongoing biomedical research programs in the Perelman School of Medicine, providing motivation and opportunities for the development of novel statistical methods across wide-ranging domains of biomedical, clinical, and translational science.