Data Coordinating Center Lead/Assistant or Associate Professor

Data Coordinating Center Lead / Assistant or Associate Professor-(3293902)

Description

Massachusetts General Hospital Biostatistics is seeking qualified applicants with doctoral degrees in Biostatistics or a related field to lead a Data Coordinating Center with a team of clinical researchers in the Neurological Clinical Research Institute (NCRI).

Successful candidate(s) will have experience leading the design, conduct, and analysis of multisite randomized trials, excellent oral and written communication skills, and a strong methodological backgroundin biostatistics.

Joint academic appointments at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School will be within the Department of Medicine and Department of Neurology.

Qualifications

Applicantsshouldmeetthefollowingqualifications :

• DoctoraldegreeinBiostatisticsorrelatedfield.
• Atleast3yearsofprofessionalexperienceleadingthedesign,conduct,datacoordination,statisticalanalysis, and scientific reporting for multisite phase I-III randomized trials.
• Priorexperienceingrantandmanuscriptpreparation,andevidenceofscholarshipintheclinicaland / or statistical literature.
• Expertiseinnovelstudydesigns,includinggroup-sequential,platform,and / orBayesianadaptivedesignsand Neurology is preferred.
• ExperiencewithCDISCstandardsandFDAregulatoryrequirements.
• Professionalexperienceoverseeingateamofdatamanagers,programmers,and / orbiostatisticians.
• Professionalexperiencecollaboratingwithateamofnon-statisticalclinicalinvestigatorsandinteractingand coordinating with external vendors (.

central and specialty labs, CROs)

• Demonstratedabilitytomanageaportfolioofconcurrentprojectsranginginsizeandcomplexity.
• Excellentoralandwrittencommunicationskills,organizationskills,andattentiontodetail.

MGHisthelargestresearchhospitalintheUnitedStateswithanannualresearchbudgetof over onebilliondollars.The mission of is to engage in trans-disciplinary partnerships involving quantitative methods in public health and biomedicine.

The Biostatistics team includes over 70 members (21 faculty) who are deeply embedded in collaborative research projects across more than twenty different domains.

Biostatistics faculty are also involved in education of residents and fellows, and mentorship of biostatisticians. The at MGH was formed in 1994 to help foster clinical research in Neurology and to conduct clinical research in neurological disorders.

Under the direction of Drs. James Berry and Sabrina Paganoni, the NCRI functions as a Clinical and Data Coordination Center for research studies and therapeutic trials in several neurological disorders.

NCRI also serves as the Coordination Center for the Northeast ALS consortium (NEALS) and the NINDS Funded NeuroNEXT network.

Appointment as an Assistant or Associate Professor along with a corresponding hospital appointment will be commensurate withexperience,training, andachievements.

Inaddition,it isexpectedthatthe candidate willengagein teaching in the Harvard community with a minimum of 50 hours required per year.

Interestedcandidatesshouldsenda coverletter,researchstatement,threepotentialrefereesandCurriculumVitaeto