Fwd: Job Opening

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From: Charlene Bradbury <cbradbur@sfu.ca>
Date: November 16, 2010 11:34:57 AM PST (CA)
To: Richard Lockhart <lockhart@stat.sfu.ca>
Subject: Fwd: Job Opening

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From: clai@cfenet.ubc.ca
To: cbradbur@sfu.ca
Cc: clai@cfenet.ubc.ca
Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 9:56:48 AM
Subject: Job Opening

Last year, you helped us posting a statistician job opening to
your departmental mailing list, that resulted in a hiring.

Currently, we are looking for a master level bio-statistician
for a 1 year mat-leave replacement term with possibility to
extend.

I am hoping you can help us again by circulating this job opening
within your department.

BIOSTATISTICIAN
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Urban Health and Research Initiative Program

Please note: Only Canadian Citizens, legal residents or residents with a
legal work permit will be considered.

STATUS: This is a one year full time mat leave replacement with possibility
for extension
JOB START DATE: Jan 2, 2011
SALARY: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
LOCATION: BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), Vancouver, BC
JOB: To be responsible for statistical and epidemiological analysis.
ORGANIZATION: The Centre currently employs a team of statisticians,
programmers, data managers, and data entry clerks who work collaboratively
on cohort-based epidemiological and clinical studies. The BC-CfE is a
world renown HIV/AIDS research Centre including Research Laboratory,
Clinical Trials, Drug Treatment Program, Epidemiology and Professional
Education Programs.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

   * General statistical and epidemiological analysis
   * Maintaining confidentiality in dealing with all matters
   * Demonstrate practical collaborative experience

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:

   * Master's degree in biostatistics or statistics
   * Demonstrated practical collaborative experience
   * Understanding of epidemiological methods
   * Knowledge of Oracle programming an asset
   * Expertise in statistical packages - SAS, S-plus/R
   * Expertise in statistical techniques - longitudinal, multivariate,
        hierarchical, data-mining, survival analysis, among others
   * Knowledge of epidemiological methods - confounder analysis,
        cohort studies
   * Ability to work independently to meet team and organizational goals
   * Excellent problem solving and communication skills
   * Assist researchers in writing grant applications and manuscripts
   * Ability to work in Microsoft Office

PLEASE INCLUDE IN YOUR LETTER OF SUBMISSION:

   * Curriculum Vitae
   * Recent published peer reviewed papers if applicable
   * Experience and interests

CONTACT:
   Calvin Lai, 608-1081 Burrard Street, BC Centre for Excellence in
      HIV/AIDS, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6 e-mail: clai@cfenet.ubc.ca

More information about our program can be found on these websites:
http://uhri.cfenet.ubc.ca
http://cfenet.ubc.ca

Once again, thanks very much for your kind help,

Regards,
Calvin Lai

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Calvin Lai, M.Math, P.Stat.
Database Manager and Senior Statistician
Data Team, Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI)
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
St.Paul's Hospital
608-1081 Burrard St.
Vancouver BC V6Z 1Y6
P:604-806-9050
F:604-806-8464
E:clai@cfenet.ubc.ca
W:http://uhri.cfenet.ubc.ca

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Charlene Bradbury
Undergraduate Secretary / Financial Clerk
Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science
Simon Fraser University
Phone: 778-782-3803 Fax: 778-782-4368
Web: http://www.stat.sfu.ca
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