Postdoctoral fellow in Biostatistics. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Company Information: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center is located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. The Department of Biostatistics is in the Division of Quantitative Sciences at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Division of Quantitative Sciences includes the Department of Biostatistics and the Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, and has over 150 members, including 35 full time and 5 part-time faculty researchers, 5 PhD-level research statisticians, 2 PhD-level bioanalysts, 8 postdoctoral fellows, 25 master’s degree-level statistical analysts, and 12 PhD-level statistical analysts. The department performs a wide range of collaborative and methodological research related to all areas of cancer researcher, including prevention, risk modeling, early detection and screening, biomarker detection and validation, clinical trials, and large-scale epidemiological studies. The Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology houses one of seven Genome Data Analysis Centers (GDACs) for The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), and recently the institution has kicked off a new "moonshot" plan, a broad, integrated multi-faceted approach to cancer research. (http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2012/09/md-anderson-launches-3-billion-m.html)

Duties & Responsibilities: The postdoctoral fellows will work under the joint supervision of Dr. Wenyi Wang and Dr. Ying Yuan. The primary research focus will be on developing statistical methods for analyzing high-throughput genomic data, in the context of clinical cancer studies. We are also interested in statistical methods for missing data and correlated data.

Position Qualifications: We seek a highly motivated individual with a Ph.D. degree in statistics/biostatistics/bioinformatics or related quantitative fields. Must have strong methodology training in statistics/biostatistics; strong programming skills, in particular R/Matlab and preferably one lower level computer language such as C or Fortran; interest in statistical methodology research. Expertise or skills in any of the following areas are desirable: next-generation sequencing data analysis, cancer biology, and Bayesian models.

Salary Range: $65,000.00 annual salary

Benefits: Competitive benefits See: http://www.mdanderson.org/education-and-research/education-and-training/schools-and-programs/research-training/programs-and-courses/postdoctoral-research-programs/benefits/index.html



Web Site: http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/biostats/



Application Address: Interested applicants should send a cover letter, statement of research interests, vitae and three references to: WWang7@mdanderson.org (Subject line: postdoc application)



Contact Email: wwang7@mdanderson.org

Application Deadline: Available until filled