Postdoctoral Research Associate - Biostatistics

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Inc.; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring

Professional development

Excellent benefits

Job summary

St. Jude is seeking an outstanding candidate for a postdoctoral fellowship in biostatistics methods and applications involving pediatric cancer and catastrophic diseases. A position is available in survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, causal inference and predictive modeling using machine learning methods.

St. Jude leads two of the world’s largest pediatric survivorship research studies and offers superb benefits, mentoring, and professional development within a top-ranked scientific

Qualifications

• PhD in biostatistics, statistics, or closely related field.
• Experience in applied or method research with survival analysis.
• Strong computational background and excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop innovative biostatistical methods for pediatric survivorship research.
• Collaborate with CCSP investigators and St. Jude datasets.
• Apply survival analysis, longitudinal analysis, ML and causal inference.

Skills

Survival analysis

Longitudinal analysis

Machine learning

Causal inference

Excellent communication skills

Education

PhD in biostatistics, statistics, or related field

Job description

A postdoctoral research associate position is available in the Department of Biostatistics

As a fellow you will join our faculty in the Department of Biostatistics and work closely with a biostatistics faculty collaborating with the Childhood Cancer Survivorship Program (CCSP). You will develop innovative biostatistical methods for childhood cancer survivorship research and collaborate with CCSP investigators. Biostatistics methods will include complex survival analysis, longitudinal analysis, machine learning, and causal inference. You will benefit from access to unique datasets and expertise from two of the world’s largest pediatric survivorship studies, St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) and the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), a top-ranked scientific environment, and superb benefits, mentoring, and professional development.

Eligibility Successful applicants will have excellent communication skills and a Ph.D. in biostatistics, statistics, or a closely related field. Applicants must have experience in applied or method research in survival analysis, a strong computational background and demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Job Posting Description

St. Jude is seeking an outstanding candidate for a postdoctoral fellowship in biostatistics methods and applications involving pediatric cancer and catastrophic diseases. A position is available in survival analysis, longitudinal data analysis, causal inference and predictive modeling using machine learning methods. St. Jude leads two of the world’s largest pediatric survivorship research studies, St. Jude Lifetime Cohort Study (SJLIFE) and the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study (CCSS), and the largest pediatric cancer genome database, St. Jude Cloud.

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