Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor of Clinical Biostatistics in Cancer

Job Summary:

The University of Wisconsin-Madison and School of Medicine and Public Health (SMPH) invite applications for an open rank tenure track position in clinical biostatistics in cancer beginning Summer of 2025. We are particularly interested in receiving applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and life experiences who will bring their unique perspectives to their work and broaden the impact of UW-Madison's clinical, research, teaching, and service missions. Help us change the world!

Biostatistical methods support study design, conduct, analysis, and reporting at all levels of contemporary cancer research, from basic mechanistic studies to multi-omic investigations, prevention efforts, clinical trials, population studies, complex interventions, social determinants of health, and more. Biostatistical contributions assure that resources are used efficiently, that proposed studies can detect clinically and biologically relevant effects in the presence of variation, that information is reliably and reproducibly extracted from data, and that studies involving biomedical and health data meet the highest standards of statistical analysis.

Biostatistical methods anchor data-scientific approaches in cancer, which further rely on burgeoning data resources, computational infrastructure, data management systems, and machine learning innovations. In line with the best examples of biostatistical research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and beyond, methodological research is fueled and tempered by collaborative research projects from the many domains of cancer research.

The successful applicant will become a member of the world-class UW Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC), will lead as the Director of the UWCCC Biostatistics Shared Resource (BSR), and is expected to have a tenure home in the Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics (BMI). There also is the possibility of establishing formal affiliations with other campus units, such as the Department of Statistics. BSR provides critical biostatistics support to UWCCC-sponsored studies on cancer and to principal investigators whose research focuses on cancer. The successful applicant is also expected to mentor graduate students in one or more graduate-level biostatistics training programs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, including Biostatistics, Clinical Investigation, and Biomedical Data Science, and teach at least one graduate level biostatistics course per year.

The Carbone Cancer Center is composed of 325 faculty members from 38 departments and 9 schools at UW-Madison. Center members advance cancer care, research, and education through 6 scientific programs (Human Cancer Virology, Cancer Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms, Tumor Microenvironment, Imaging and Radiation Sciences, Developmental Therapeutics, and Cancer Prevention and Control) supported by 12 Shared Resources. The Carbone Cancer Center has a long-standing commitment to fostering the career development of cancer researchers and ensuring the research at the Center is responsive to the cancer needs and preferences of communities throughout Wisconsin. The National Cancer Institute designated the UWCCC in 1973 as one of the first six university-based comprehensive cancer centers in the United States. The UWCCC is Wisconsin's only comprehensive cancer center designated by the NCI. The UWCCC is committed to defeating cancer through the rapid application of groundbreaking research, prevention, and treatment. Its greatest strength is involvement in clinical trials and research studies designed to answer specific scientific questions about the prevention, diagnosis, detection, and treatment of cancer.

The Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics engages broadly in data science research, service, and education. The collaborative approach taken by the UWCCC, BMI, the School of Medicine and Public Health, and UW-Madison creates an environment in which unexpected research ideas developed at the intersection of different disciplines thrive. BMI faculty and research staff collaborate with all SMPH, College of Letters & Science, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, and School of Veterinary Medicine departments, as well as the School of Computer, Data, and Information Sciences; the College of Engineering; and several research centers on campus. BMI has 30 tenure-track and tenured faculty who mentor nearly 100 graduate students enrolled in the degree programs of BMI (Biomedical Data Science), Statistics (Biostatistics Degree Option), Computer Sciences, Engineering, Population Health Sciences, and others. The successful applicant will be a trainer in BMI's Biomedical Data Science programs and possibly other programs. BMI faculty also teach in several other degree programs in Statistics, Computer Sciences, Engineering, Nursing, Pharmacy, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Clinical Investigations.

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