Dear ASA Colleagues,
Please see below for a team science position announcement for quantitative psychology or biostatistical faculty members. Please excuse any cross-posting of this announcement. For questions or follow-up regarding this announcement, please contact the Northwestern University CFAR at mss@northwestern.edu.
With best wishes,
Tor Neilands
UCSF
Associate Professor in Quantitative Methodology , Department of Medical Social Sciences and Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
The Department of Medical Social Sciences (MSS), Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University (NU) invites applications from qualified individuals for an Associate Professor in the Team Scientist Track (non-tenure eligible), full-time faculty position. We seek candidates with expertise in quantitative methodology and behavioral/social/clinical sciences relevant to HIV/AIDS research. This new position is part of the planned growth of HIV research at Northwestern University, which has recently established the NIH funded Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (CFAR). The candidate will join an outstanding group of quantitative scientists who apply state-of-the-art statistical methods to a broad range of research areas, including the MSS Psychometrics and Biostatistics Core and the NUCATS Center for Data Science and Bioinformatics. The successful candidate will complement these existing areas of strength, serving as a bridge between the broader NU quantitative community and HIV/AIDS researchers As a team scientist, the faculty member will contribute critical expertise to the CFAR program and collaborate with the group of research teams engaged in HIV/AIDS research, serving as co-investigator, and will also have the opportunity to serve as Principal Investigator (PI). Candidates should hold a doctoral degree in the social, behavioral, or health sciences (e.g., quantitative psychology) or biostatistics and have a research focus on quantitative methods relevant to HIV/AIDS research such as measurement of HIV/AIDS transmission risk, modeling prevention preferences and/or clinical outcomes, analysis of network and nested datasets, and/or longitudinal and multilevel analyses. The ideal candidate will have an excellent track record of publications including as quantitative methodologist and experience as a co-investigator or PI on HIV/AIDS behavioral and biomedical grants. A strong collaborative orientation is essential. Participation in MSS Departmental training activities and University service are also expected and valued.
Additional information about MSS (http://www.mss.northwestern.edu/) as well as the Third Coast Center for AIDS Research (www.thirdcoastcfar.org) can be found on our websites.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Proposed start date is open. Salary is commensurate with experience. Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest, research statement, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information of 6 references to Search Chair, Brian Mustanski c/o: mss@northwestern.edu. Please reference academic search #P-155N-16.
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.
Team Science Faculty Track
This track is for nonclinical faculty who make substantial contributions to the research and/or educational missions of the medical school. Faculty members whose primary activity is in research will typically engage in team science. Their skills, expertise and/or effort play a vital role in obtaining, sustaining and implementing programmatic research. Faculty on this track often have expertise in epidemiology, clinical trials, biostatistics, biomedical informatics, outcomes research or other qualitative and quantitative research methodologies and generally contribute to clinical studies, patient-oriented clinical outcomes research, community-engaged research, population-based studies and/or basic science research. Typically such faculty provide critical expertise to a program or group of research teams as a co-investigator with contributions that do not necessarily require or result in independent grant funding, but some faculty on this track may serve as principal investigator on related research. Faculty on this track do not perform clinical work but do contribute to the education and service missions of the medical school. While most members of this track make research the major focus of their activity, for some members of this track education may be the major focus of their activity. This is a non-tenure-eligible regular faculty track.
Tor Neilands, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS): http://www.caps.ucsf.edu
University of California, San Francisco: http://www.ucsf.edu
UCSF Mailcode 0886
550 16th Street, 3rd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 476-6337
Fax: (415) 476-5348
e-mail: tor@ucsf.edu
Bio page: http://caps.ucsf.edu/personnel/tneilands/
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Torsten Neilands
Professor of Medicine
UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
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