Postdoctoral opening in Biostatistics – University of Rochester

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship in Environmental Health Biostatistics in the Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology at the University of Rochester, funded by an NIEHS T32 training grant.

Responsibilities: The appointee will develop novel statistical methodology for projects related to environmental health (EH), and/or be involved in statistical analyses for collaborative work with EH investigators, under co-mentorship of Biostatistics and EH faculty trainers.

Position qualifications: Candidates should have a doctoral degree in (bio)statistics, epidemiology, computational biology, data science, environmental health or a related field, with training in statistics and programming, and excellent communication skills. In accordance with NIEHS regulations, trainees must be US citizens or non-citizen nationals of the US who have been lawfully admitted for permanent residency and must have a doctoral degree by the start date.

Start date: Applications will be reviewed starting June 1 for a start date of July 1 or later. The initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of renewal for a second year.

Application instructions: A cover letter describing research experience, a current CV, graduate transcript (can be unofficial) and contact information for three references should be sent to Sally_Thurston@urmc.rochester.edu.

For more information see www.urmc.rochester.edu/biostat/training-grant.aspx.