Population Sciences in the area of infectious diseases focuses on important questions: Where is the highest concentration of people with infectious disease, such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, influenza and cholera? What are the risk factors for the population in these parts of the world in developing the disease? How can we work within communities to help change the behavior that presents the most risk? Join VIDD’s Population Sciences program faculty and staff by providing integral support of their specialized work in math modeling, epidemiology, and statistics in projects that are related to the spread and control of infectious diseases.

We are seeking a recent or prospective doctoral graduate (PhD or equivalent qualification) with strong training in biostatistics or statistics. Previous experience in causal inference, survival analysis, or clinical trial design is preferred.

The Post Doctoral Research Fellow associate will work directly with Dr. Fei Gao and conduct research on statistical methods for evaluating treatment efficacy in active-controlled HIV prevention trials. This work will include methods for constructing counterfactual placebo HIV incidence estimates and evaluating treatment efficacy using counterfactual placebo comparisons.

Responsibilities will include methodological development, statistical programming and simulation studies, and application of proposed methods to data analysis. Expected research products include academic presentations and peer-reviewed publications led by the postdoctoral fellow.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• A PhD or equivalent degree is required in Statistics or Biostatistics.
• Highly motivated individual with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $80,172 to $95,014, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

This position may be eligible for relocation assistance.

Although Fred Hutch is not sponsoring most H-1B visas at this time, candidates who already hold an H-1B sponsored by another organization and are currently in the U.S. may be eligible for this position.Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, income-based child care subsidy, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days per year), paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason), paid holidays (13 days per year), and paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).