Assistant Professor of Biostatistics: 2025 DataX

Applications are invited for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the Department of

Biostatistics at the UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding School of Public Health (http://www.biostat.ucla.edu).

The ideal candidate will have demonstrated scholarly excellence, a strong record of peer-reviewed publications commensurate with stage of research career, and clear potential to lead both methodological and collaborative research in biostatistics and health data science, while securing external funding and excelling in teaching, inspiring and mentoring doctoral students. We are seeking expertise in the broad area of statistics, biostatistics, data science, or related fields, including - but not limited to- causal inference with an interest on the use of causal inference tools for development of enhanced machine learning algorithms that optimize not only predictive power but also algorithm stability and fairness, algorithmic fairness, personalized medicine, biobank data, electronic health records, and emerging machine learning and artificial intelligence methods.

This search is co-sponsored by DataX, a campus-wide initiative to improve data science by strengthening our robust, diverse and cross-disciplinary community of evidence and data-driven scholars. DataX aims to enable, empower, enhance, and coordinate existing capabilities across campus. The Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost have sponsored this search in order to recruit exceptional scholars whose teaching, scholarship and service strengthens fundamental data science in the disciplines. Faculty hired through this search are expected to be active participants in the DataX community, so building inclusive data-centric research and education across the UCLA campus.

The Fielding School of Public Health (FSPH) is located on the main UCLA campus in direct proximity to the other health sciences schools (Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing), several professional schools, and the College of Letters and Science. The UCLA Department of Biostatistics has a strong history of and commitment to interdisciplinary research and collaboration. The FSPH strategic plan has identified data science and big data as priority areas for faculty hiring.

Applicants should hold a PhD or equivalent qualification in statistics, biostatistics, or related fields. Faculty appointment level and salary will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications. We welcome candidates whose experience in teaching, research, or community service has prepared them to contribute to our commitment to diversity and excellence.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply online. Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, a statement of research interests including a summary of previous research work and its significance, a teaching statement, and a diversity statement. All applications should be submitted electronically using the UCLA Academic Recruit portal.

Salary range: The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See UC Table 1. A reasonable estimated nine-month salary range for the Assistant Professor position is $139,125 - $182,350, inclusive of the salary scale and off-scale salary components (i.e. a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions). The 9-month month base salary can be supplemented with 3 months of summer salary from the candidate's grants and contracts. Based on the candidate's contract and grant activity, the candidate may also be eligible to participate in the School's Negotiated Salary Trial Program (NSTP) plan, where the candidate has the ability to generate a higher annual salary. For further details about the NSTP program, candidates can refer to https://apo.ucla.edu/news/announcements/negotiated-salary-trial-program-nstp. Faculty appointment level and salary will be commensurate with the candidate's experience and qualifications.

The UCLA Department of Biostatistics values equity, diversity and inclusion and the ways that each contributes to scholarship, teaching, service and the overall intellectual life in the Department and the University. Women and underrepresented minorities are encouraged to apply.

The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists' current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to Release Information" into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks.

Candidates must hold a PhD or equivalent in Statistics, Biostatistics, or a related quantitative field

Candidates should show evidence of excellence or outstanding potential in teaching and training doctoral students, a strong record of peer-reviewed publications, and a demonstrated commitment to methodological research and applications in the health sciences.

• 3-5 letters of reference required

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As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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