[cmath] Canada Research Chair in Biostatistics - University of Western Ontario

[Alan Kelm]

      /The/ UNIVERSITY /of/ WESTERN ONTARIO
      Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
      and Statistical & Actuarial Sciences

      CANADA RESEARCH CHAIR
      in
      BIOSTATISTICS

The Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Statistical & 
Actuarial Sciences are pleased to announce a search for a Tier 2 Canada 
Research Chair at the Assistant (probationary (tenure-track)) or 
Associate (probationary (tenure-track) or tenured) Professor level in 
Biostatistics. The starting date will be January 1, 2012 or thereafter 
and will depend upon a successful CRC nomination.

Prospective candidates may visit our home pages at 
http://www.uwo.ca/epidem/ and http://www.stats.uwo.ca/. See 
http://www.chairs.gc.ca/ for details concerning the CRC program. The 
successful candidate must have a PhD or equivalent and an established 
record of high impact research and publication in Biostatistics. In 
order to be eligible for a Tier 2 Chair, the candidate will be less than 
10 years since PhD and will be an emerging research leader. The 
candidate will also have a commitment to, and demonstrated aptitude for, 
teaching and will be expected to teach at the undergraduate and graduate 
levels and to supervise graduate students and provide leadership in the 
Collaborative Graduate Program in Biostatistics.

Faculty in the Collaborative Graduate Program in Biostatistics have 
research interests which include the development and application of a 
range of methodologies (including cluster randomization, epidemiology, 
epidemiologic risk assessment, genetic epidemiology, health economics, 
interval-censored data, multi-state models, nonparametric regression, 
statistical genomics, statistical computing, survey methods, and 
survival analysis). The successful candidate will benefit from the 
growing research interest at Western in the development of statistical 
methods for the assessment of gene-environment interactions, causal 
effect estimation, and personalized medicine.

Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a 
research plan, a statement (not to exceed 500 words) explaining how 
background, experience and research accomplishments qualify you for this 
position, and must arrange for at least three letters of reference to be 
sent to:

    * Professor Rick Secco, Associate Dean (Research)
    Office of the Dean, Faculty of Science
    The University of Western Ontario
    London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada. * 

Applications will be considered starting * November 1, 2010. *

/ Positions are subject to budgetary approval. Applicants should have 
fluent written and oral communication skills in English. All qualified 
candidates are encouraged to apply; however Canadians and permanent 
residents will be given priority. The University of Western Ontario is 
committed to employment equity and welcomes applications from all 
qualified women and men, including visible minorities, aboriginal people 
and persons with disabilities./

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