Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states.

Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

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 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…