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Faculty Research Assistant in Statistical Consulting

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Faculty Research Assistant in Statistical Consulting
Department of Statistics, Oregon State University

 

The Department of Statistics at Oregon State University (OSU) invites applicants for a Faculty Research Assistant position providing statistical consulting to university researchers.  This is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term position with renewal at the discretion of the supervisor. 

Required qualifications include  (1) Statistical consulting experience and M.S. or higher degree in Statistics, (2) good technical command of basic statistics, (3) familiarity with common statistical programming languages, (4) effective oral and written communication skills and (5) ability to organize and prioritize work.  Preferred qualifications include (1) familiarity with SAS and Splus/R, (2) experience consulting with biological scientists, (3) experience with the statistical aspects of clinical trials and (4) a demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity. 

Note that although the position is full-time (1.0 FTE), the Department will consider requests for reduced FTE (to 0.75). 

To review full posting and apply, go to http://oregonstate.edu/jobs posting #0002284.   Note that the application must include a letter of interest, resume/vita and names/phone numbers of three professional references.  Closing Date: April 18, 2008.  OSU is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

The consulting associated with this position is expected to be primarily with OSU researchers at the Environmental Health Sciences Center (http://ehsc.oregonstate.edu) and the Linus Pauling Institute (http://lpi.oregonstate.edu). 

The overall mission of the EHS Center is to understand the underlying basic mechanisms by which individuals can reduce their risk to cancer, inflammatory damage, and chronic degenerative diseases by improving their ability to respond to environmental stresses through chemoprevention, diet, and other preventive strategies.  To that end the research mission for the EHS Center is to generate new understandings of the effects of environmental agents on proteins, nucleic acids, and gene expression. 

The mission of LPI is to determine the function and role of micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and phytochemicals (chemicals from plants) in promoting optimum health and preventing and treating disease; to determine the role of oxidative and nitrative stress and antioxidants in human health and disease; and to advance knowledge in areas that were of interest to Linus Pauling through research and educational activities.  Major areas of research in the Institute encompass heart disease, cancer, aging, and neurodegenerative diseases.