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The Study Design and Biostatistics Center ( SDBC ) in the Division of Epidemiology and the Cancer Biostatistics Shared Resource at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant or Associate Professor-level in either the Tenure or Research Track. We are seeking candidates with the research skills and experience required to successfully assume leadership roles in multi-disciplinary research teams and to support and develop grant proposals. The successful candidate will have opportunities to participate in methodological research. Substantive interest and experience are desired in one or more of the following areas: methods for cancer research, modern causal inference, behavioral statistics, pharmacological research, clinical trial design, analysis of secondary data, machine learning, and high dimensional data analysis, and applications of mixed effects models to health data. The SDBC is the statistical core of the Translational Research: Implementation, Analysis and Design ( TRIAD ) Team, which is a multidisciplinary group of biostatisticians, epidemiologists, psychometricians, health economists, survey design researchers, systematic review experts, and qualitative researchers engaged in a wide range of collaborations throughout the Health Science Center of the University of Utah. The Cancer Biostatistics Research supports cancer-related research with the Huntsman Cancer Institute. Focus areas of the SDBC and the Cancer Biostatistics Resource include the design and analysis of clinical trials and observational studies, cancer research, analysis of longitudinal and survival data, epidemiologic modeling, Bayesian analysis, modern causal inference, statistical genetics and genomics, machine learning methods, and behavioral statistics and psychometrics. Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in biostatistics or a related discipline, as well as a demonstrated excellence in collaborative and methodological research. Preferred Qualifications: Experience writing statistical sections for grant applications. Candidates are encouraged to apply at the following link: https://utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/158936 Please send inquiries to Brian Rood @ Brian.Rood@hsc.utah.edu The University of Utah Health (U of U Health) is a patient focused center distinguished by collaboration, excellence, leadership, and respect. The U of U Health values candidates who are committed to fostering and furthering the culture of compassion, collaboration, innovation, accountability, diversity, integrity, quality, and trust that is integral to our mission.