The Department of Biostatistics currently has 45 primary faculty members and 295 full-time Ph.D. and Master's students. The Department is involved in cutting-edge methodological research and scientific investigation in many areas of public health and biomedical research. The Department has close ties with the Department of Statistics, the Institute for Social Research, the Medical School, the Michigan Institute for Data Science, the Institute of Health Policy and Innovation, the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center, and other research groups across campus. In FY24, the Department of Biostatistics had $35.5 million in research expenditures. Within the Department, there are 5 impactful Research Centers, including: The Cancer Data Science Shared Resource; The Center for Precision Health Data Science; The Center for Statistical Genetics; The Kidney Epidemiology and Cost Center; and the Statistical Analysis of Biomedical and Educational Research Center. The Department has two training grants, the Genome Science Training Program and the Cancer Biostatistics Training Program, as well as an undergraduate training program, the Big Data Summer Institute. The Department of Biostatistics and the School of Public Health are committed to the University of Michigan Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) plan and encourage applications from women and members of minority groups. We value diversity as a necessary part of success in all aspects of teaching, research and leadership. We seek an individual who will contribute to the Biostatistics tradition of high-impact scholarship, education, and service.
The University of Michigan offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits. Ann Arbor is a progressive city of about 120,000 year-round residents and approximately 53,000 students, with excellent schools and a wide variety of sporting and musical activities. It is rated very highly in national surveys for its quality of life and has the amenities of a city many times its size.
The Department of Biostatistics seeks to recruit and retain a broadly diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer our students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning. The University of Michigan is supportive of the needs of dual career couples and is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.