University of Kansas School of Medicine

University of Kansas School of Medicine

Education Assistant Professor - Biostatistics & Data Science

Kansas City Metro Area · Full-time

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Data ScienceComputer VisionStatisticsResearchCommunicationMentoringBiostatistics

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About the role

  • Teach statistics, biostatistics, and/or data science courses for graduate students in applied statistics, analytics, data science, biostatistics, and other disciplines.
  • This Education Assistant Professor will be responsible for teaching graduate courses, including those in our MS and PhD programs in Biostatistics, Health Data Science, and Applied Statistics, Analytics, & Data Science.
  • Other responsibilities include serving on committees, advising and mentoring students, and conducting research.

Requirements

  • Master's degree in statistics or biostatistics.
  • This position requires a formal degree in the cited discipline area(s) to ensure that candidates have the foundational knowledge and skill set required to perform the duties of the position.
  • This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.

Nice to have

  • Work Experience:
  • Experience in teaching professional and/or graduate students.
  • Experience as a collaborating statistician, biostatistician, or data scientist.

Skills

  • Communication Skills
  • Required Documents
  • Resume/CV
  • Cover Letter
  • Comprehensive Benefits Package:
  • Employee Type:
  • Regular Time Type:
  • Full time
  • Employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans are available.
  • Paid time off, including vacation and sick, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays.

Benefits

  • Coverage begins on day one for health, dental, and vision insurance and includes health expense accounts with generous employer contributions if the employee participates in a qualifying health plan.
  • One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment.
  • A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available. https://www.kumc.edu/human-resources/benefits.html
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