Postdoctoral researcher in complex high dimensional data at MD Anderson

Duties & Responsibilities: The Department of Biostatistics in the Division of Quantitative Sciences at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has postdoctoral positions open for computational statistics with applications in biostatistics & bioinformatics. The postdoctoral fellows will work under the supervision of Dr. Jeffrey S. Morris. The primary research focus will be on developing novel statistical and computational methodology for functional and image data analysis, with a special focus on complex, high-dimensional functions and images. Potential application areas for which we have novel data sets include functional MRI and electrical response potentials (ERP) from a randomized smoking cessation data, functional data on the sphere and multivariate real-time time series from glaucoma studies, and various types of genomics data including copy number, methylation, miRNA, microarray, proteomics, and next generation sequencing data that can be modeled in an integrative fashion.
Position Qualifications: We seek a highly motivated individual with a Ph.D. degree in statistics/biostatistics or related quantitative fields. Must have strong methodology training in statistics/biostatistics; strong programming skills, in particular R/Matlab and possibly one lower level computer language such as C or Fortran; interest in statistical methodology research. Interest or background in neuroimaging, bioinformatics, genomics, proteomics is a plus. Expertise or skills in any of the following areas are desirable: analysis of high-dimensional data, Bayesian MCMC computations, Bayesian variable selection and sparsity priors, linear models, nonparametric regression, spatio-temporal data, multivariate techniques, functional data analysis, image data.

Salary Range: $65,000 USD/year

Benefits:
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 and CV and research statment (with three references) to: pcunning@mdanderson.org and jefmorris@mdanderson.org (Subject line: Morris postdoc) Application Deadline: 01/31/2014

Jeffrey S. Morris
Professor and Deputy Chair
Department of Biostatistics