Research Assistant Professor

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Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

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The UNC Institute for Trauma Recovery ( ITR), housed within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, seeks a Research Assistant Professor (Non Tenure Track Faculty) with advanced training in statistics, biostatistics, or quantitative data science. This faculty member will play a central role in advancing ITR's mission to understand and prevent post traumatic neuropsychiatric sequelae
through rigorous analysis of complex, high dimensional clinical research data.

The ITR conducts large scale, emergency care-based observational studies and clinical trials focused on outcomes such as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, pain, and related somatic symptoms following traumatic stress exposure. The successful candidate will serve as a core statistical investigator across multiple externally funded projects, including large longitudinal cohort studies and interventional trials, working closely with multidisciplinary teams of clinicians, scientists, and data management staff.

Key Responsibilities:

Doctoral degree (PhD or equivalent) in statistics, biostatistics, epidemiology, data science, or a related quantitative discipline. Demonstrated record of peer reviewed publications and experience contributing to externally funded research. Expertise in statistical programming (e.g., R, SAS, or equivalent) and analyzing large scale longitudinal or high dimensional clinical datasets. Familiarity with clinical trials, emergency medicine, or trauma related research. Prior involvement in NIH, DoD, or foundation funded research. Ability to work collaboratively in multidisciplinary, team science environments. Interest in mentoring and teaching quantitative methods to diverse trainees.

Not applicable.

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