Biostatistician, MSc/PhD, The Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology, Switzerland
Biostatistician, MSc or PhD (80% to 100%)
Theapplicant should have a master degree (MSc) with at least 3 years ofexperience or a Ph.D. degree in Statistics or Mathematical Scienceswith pronounced Applied Statistics. Professional experience and verygood skills in SAS, Splus and/or Stata are crucial for this position.You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills andability to explain complicated statistical issues to non-statisticians.The applicant should have an interest in consulting for clinicians atour hospital. He or she should be interested to engage for limited timeperiods in teaching basic and advanced biostatistics within theinterfaculty PhD program for epidemiology at the University of Basel.The candidate must be fluent in English. Fluency in German is not amust, but applicants should have some understanding of German andshould be motivated to improve their German language skills.
Thepurpose of this position is to ensure the statistical input to planningand conducting of clinical trials for our unit, the statisticalanalysis of data from large cohort studies and to advise clinicians atour hospital in methodological and statistical issues. The mainresponsibilities are:
Statistical analysis and interpretation of data from cohort studies and clinical trials (mainly phase III and IV)
Provide statistical input to protocol developments of clinical trials and observational clinical studies at our unit
Input to biostatistics and data management processes
Consulting clinicians at the university hospital in statistics and methodology
Thepurpose of this position is to ensure the statistical input to planningand conducting of clinical trials for our unit, the statisticalanalysis of data from large cohort studies and to advise clinicians atour hospital in methodological and statistical issues. The mainresponsibilities are:
Statistical analysis and interpretation of data from cohort studies and clinical trials (mainly phase III and IV)
Provide statistical input to protocol developments of clinical trials and observational clinical studies at our unit
Input to biostatistics and data management processes
Consulting clinicians at the university hospital in statistics and methodology
- Staff of the clinical epidemiology research unit, in particular the head of the unit
- Project leaders from hospital based projects
- Liaison with biostatisticians from other departments of the university and the Swiss HIV Cohort Study
Thisposition is to be filled as soon as possible for a minimal time periodof 2 to 3 years with the possibility of an extension. For more detailsabout the institute and research activities visit our website,www.bice.ch. Informal enquiries or submission of applications with CV,3 references with complete address (including a email address) and alist of publications may be made to: Heiner C. Bucher MD
Director
Basel Institute for Clinical Epidemiology
University Hospital Basel
CH-4031 Basel
Tel 41-61-265 31 00
Fax 41-61-265 31 09
www.bice.ch
e-mail hbucher@uhbs.ch
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