Chair in Biostatistics

University of Auckland

Professor of Biostatistics
Department of Statistics
University of Auckland
New Zealand

Faculty / Department

The Department of Statistics is the largest in New Zealand and Australia and is one of the most active in the southern hemisphere. It has approximately 30 academic staff of whom more than 20 have positions that include substantial research components. It teaches a full range of degree programmes from Bachelors to PhD. The Department currently has approximately 70 graduate students of whom approximately 25 are PhD students. It also has a substantial service role, has over 900 equivalent full-time students in total, and is expanding.

The Department covers a wide range of areas of statistics but with particular strengths in statistical computing (it is the birthplace of R), statistical ecology, and biostatistics. It has strong Bayesian and applied probability groups. It is an outward looking Department with strong collaborative links with many other Departments and Research Institutes. It is a partner in NZIMA, one of the first four Centres of Research Excellence established in New Zealand. With Auckland being an easy stop-over point en route to Australia and only 3 hours from Sydney, the Department attracts large numbers of visitors.

The University of Auckland is New Zealand's leading university, and it is ranked among the world's top 100 universities by the Times Higher Education QS World University Rankings.

Statistics Department:
www.stat.auckland.ac.nz

Position Overview

The Department of Statistics invites applications for a Chair in Biostatistics. The appointee will guide and promote the future development of biostatistics at the University of Auckland. We seek applicants with strong track records in methodological and applied research at an international level in biostatistics, the analysis of health surveys and statistical computing. An ability to attract external research contracts and grants, and a strong record in the supervision of Graduate Students are requirements of the position.

The Chair carries with it a responsibility to take a leadership role in the Department and the possibility of the Headship of the Department at some future date. In particular, the Chair will provide research leadership in the Department and build research interactions with academics in other disciplines.

The Department's web site can be viewed at
www.stat.auckland.ac.nz Further information about this position can be obtained from Professor Chris Triggs, Head of Department, Department of Statistics, telephone 64-9-373 7599 ext 88856, or email:
cm.triggs@auckland.ac.nz .

This position closes 2 June 2009

If you experience difficulty in any aspect of the application process or do not receive a confirmation email that you have applied for a role please contact
askhr@auckland.ac.nz or DDI 64 9 923 3000.