Tenure Track Faculty Position – Biostatistics/Epidemiology
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

One of the oldest institutions of higher education in this country, the University of Delaware today combines tradition and innovation, offering students a rich heritage along with the latest in research and instructional technology. The University of Delaware is a Land-Grant, Sea-Grant, Space-Grant institution and a Delaware Health Sciences Alliance partner. Its main campus in Newark, DE, is located halfway between Washington, DC and New York City. Please visit our website at www.udel.edu.

Tenure Track Faculty Position – Biostatistics/Epidemiology

The University of Delaware College of Health Sciences (CHS) in collaboration with the College of Education and Public Policy (CEPP) and the State of Delaware Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) is recruiting a full-time tenure-track faculty at the assistant or associate professor level with expertise in biostatistics/epidemiology. Successful candidates will have evidence of a sustained record of scholarly activities, demonstrated competence in teaching with experience in graduate and undergraduate teaching, and a record of successful collaborative research. Doctorate in either clinical or population-based epidemiology, or Masters degree and/or commensurate experience in epidemiology with doctorate in a related field; doctoral candidates will be considered. Salary and academic rank are commensurate with qualifications and experience. The University provides an excellent benefit package.

Major responsibilities of the position include:

1 )Collaborate with researchers in the development of research grant proposals, the development of experimental designs, and statistical analysis of data.
2) Provide database management and analysis expertise.
3) Collaborate with the state public health agency on community based projects and studies of public health problems
4) Provide teaching expertise for the undergraduate Public Health minor, and Behavioral Health and Health Policy academic programs.
5) Conduct independent research
6) Supervise undergraduate and graduate student research.

Candidates should submit a letter of interest, a detailed curriculum vitae and names, addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of three references to Dr. Michael Peterson, Search Committee Chair, College of Health Sciences, 023 Carpenters Sports Building, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716.

Curriculum vitae and all application materials will be shared with CHS faculty, CEPP faculty, and upper-level administrators in the State of Delaware Department of Health and Social Services. Review of applications will begin in March 2010; nominations and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. For more information about the College of Health Sciences, visit www.udel.edu/health. For more information about the College of Education and Public Policy, visit www.cepp.udel.edu. For more information about the State of Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, visit http://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss

The UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from Minority Group Members and Women.