Postdoctoral Fellowship

Statistics Interest Group; United States; On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – BBB Postdoctoral Fellowship invites applicants for advanced statistical research training in a public health setting. Fellows work with a diverse team and gain access to supercomputing resources and cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Applicants should hold a doctoral degree in statistics/biostatistics or related discipline, with strong communication skills and a focus on translational biomedical research.

Qualifications

• PhD in statistics/biostatistics or related field within last five years.
• Experience in applied biomedical research is desirable.
• Excellent communication skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct statistical research in a public health setting.
• Collaborate with statisticians, epidemiologists, bioinformaticians and clinicians inside and outside DiPHR.
• Receive training and access to supercomputing resources.

Skills

Modeling exposure mixtures

Machine learning methods

Competing risks

Biomarkers analysis

Joint modeling

Structural equation modeling

Innovative study designs

Education

Doctoral degree in statistics/biostatistics or related discipline (awarded within past 5 years)

Job description

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) – Postdoctoral Fellowship

Position Title Postdoctoral Fellowship

Duties and Responsibilities

Post-doctoral fellows will receive training in and conduct statistical research in a public health setting. Post-doctoral fellows will have access to supercomputing resources and the opportunity to collaborate with statistical, epidemiological, bioinformatic and clinical investigators within and
outside of DiPHR.

Position Qualifications

BBB is particularly interested in recruiting post-doctoral fellows with experience and interest in the following areas:

• Modeling of exposure mixtures
• Machine learning methods with application to reproductive/perinatal epidemiology
• Methods for competing risks, recurrent events, multistage model outcomes
• Analysis of biomarkers and diagnostic accuracy
• Joint modeling of longitudinal and survival outcomes
• Structural equations and latent variable modeling
• Innovative designs for clinical and epidemiologic research

Excellent communication skills with keen interest in applied biomedical research are required. Candidates eligible to work in the USA, with an earned doctoral degree in statistics, biostatistics, or a related discipline within the past five years are invited to apply. The position is subject to a background check.

Salary Range Stipend is competitive and commensurate with research experience and accomplishments.

Information on the benefits of training at the NIH can be found at https://www.training.nih.gov/research-training/pd/

General inquiries about positions in the BBB should be directed to Dr. Neil Perkins at [e-mail]; prospective applications with questions regarding specific research areas are invited to contact investigators in BBB (Dr. Zhen Chen [e-mail]; Dr. Aiyi Liu [e-mail]; Dr. Rajeshwari Sundaram [e-mail]).