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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) is one of the world's premier cancer centers, committed to exceptional patient care, leading-edge research, and superb educational programs. The blending of research with patient care is at the heart of everything we do. The institution is a comprehensive cancer center whose purposes are the treatment and control of cancer, the advancement of biomedical knowledge through laboratory and clinical research, and the training of scientists, physicians and other health care workers.

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow in biostatistics who is interested in statistical andcomputational methods development and application. This position will provide exciting opportunities to workwith large-scale multi-center telehealth data and develop novel methods for causal inference, machine learning,data integration, and precision oncology. Successful candidate will work on development, as well as applicationsof these methods and will participate in knowledge generation and will be expected to publish findings in toptier statistical and biomedical literature.

This position will be supported by MATCHES (Making TelehealthDelivery of Cancer Care at Home Effective and Safe), a new NCI-funded center(https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-21-029.html) dedicated to building the necessaryevidence base to guide the appropriate role of telehealth in the delivery of cancer care. A multi-disciplinary teamof investigators at MSK has received a 5-year award to support this work and will launch this project in the fallof 2022.

Applicants should hold a Ph.D. degree in biostatistics, statistics, machine learning, or a related field. Thesuccessful candidate should have solid methodological training in statistics, be comfortable working with largedata sets, be proficient in R and/or Python, and have experience working on Unix/Linux systems. Priorexperience with telehealth data, causal inference, and precision medicine would be an asset.The successful applicant will be supervised jointly by Drs. Yuan Chen, Katherine Panageas, and Mithat Gonen.This position is open immediately. The initial appointment is for two years with a possibility for renewal. Toapply, please send a cover letter, CV, research statement (optional) and the names of 3 references by email toSamantha Vasquez at vasques2@mskcc.org.

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MSKCC is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in allaspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receiveconsideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationalorigin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basisfor an employment decision.