Assistant Professor - Department of Biostatistics

Benefits

All full‑time university staff are eligible for VCU's robust benefits package that includes comprehensive health benefits, paid annual and holiday leave granted up front, generous tuition benefits, retirement planning and savings options, tax‑deferred annuity and cash match programs, employee discounts, well‑being resources, abundant opportunities for career development and advancement, and more.

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Biostatistics

This position will reside in the Department of Biostatistics, with all research‑related efforts committed to and funded by the Child Health Research Institute, which is managed by the Department of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital of Richmond.

The Department of Biostatistics at Virginia Commonwealth University invites applications for a full‑time, 12‑month, term faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor. We seek candidates with broad research expertise in biostatistics and health data science. Particular emphasis will be given to candidates with experience in one or more of the following areas: power analysis, secondary data analysis, causal inference, electronic health records, national survey data, dynamic treatment regime and precision medicine, functional data, advanced Bayesian methods, and “big data” analytics.

Funding for this position is committed for 4 years via the CHRI, with renewal contingent on performance and the availability of funds. During this period, the successful candidate will be expected to develop a strong, extramurally funded research program, with effort allocated to sponsored projects. Work assignments will be prioritized toward collaborations with investigators whose research advances CHRI priorities and leads to sustainable extramural funding.

The Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) is a joint initiative of the Children's Hospital of Richmond and the Department of Pediatrics. It was launched in February 2020 with a generous $2.17 million dollar grant from the Children's Hospital Foundation, with the goal of supporting and expanding pediatric research across the university. Since launching, it has internally competed and distributed over $1 million in grant support for early‑stage seed grants, mentored fellows’ projects, and novel cross‑disciplinary collaborations that relate to children’s health.

This transformative funding will continue in Fall 2025 with the launch of CHRI 2.0, which will sustain and grow successful activities such as a visiting investigator program, an early research career development club, and provide statistical and pre‑ and post‑award grant management as well as clinical regulatory and startup support for its awardees. Members of the Department of Pediatrics/Child Health Research Institute are involved in over 50 research projects ranging from bench to translational and from epidemiological to service delivery.

The Department of Pediatrics closed FY25 with over $11.3 million in extramural grants and contracts awarded, and $10.3 million in expenditures. Total pediatric‑related research awards and research faculty support efforts across the CHoR enterprise in FY25 totaled $34.7 million.

Located in the heart of Richmond, Virginia, VCU is a premier urban, public research university, committed to student success and community service. One of only a few universities to receive both a “Very High Research Activity (R1 status)” and a “Community Engaged” designation from the Carnegie Foundation, VCU also boasts nine programs in the U.S. News and World Report's top 10, as well as the region's top‑rated medical center.

Richmond's lively and welcoming city provides the ideal backdrop for VCU's academic work. Rich in culture and history, the city becomes a living laboratory where our faculty, staff, and students can tackle problems directly affecting our local communities and see the impact of their work first‑hand. VCU ended FY24 with an institutional record of $506 million in sponsored awards with the majority coming from federal sources.

This is an 86% increase over the past six years and a 9% increase over 2023. The VCU Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy,…