Join Our Team

Current Openings:

Instructor/Assistant Professor/Associate Professor:

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biostatistics is seeking qualified applicants with doctoral degrees in Biostatistics or a related field for a full-time faculty-level position in Biostatistics. Successful candidate(s) will have excellent oral and written communication skills, a strong methodological background, and interest in collaborating with a team of clinical researchers at MGH and other Harvard-affiliated institutions. Academic appointments at the rank of Instructor, Assistant Professor, or Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School will be within the Department of Medicine. Faculty are involved in teaching/mentoring of graduate students, medical students, residents, and fellows. 

Areas of particular interest include the following:

(1) Observational data including statistical expertise in causal inference, longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, missing data methods, and machine learning/big data;

(2) Clinical trials including multi-site phase I – III trials, comparative effectiveness trials, novel study designs (including group-sequential, platform, and adaptive designs), Bayesian methods, survival analysis, and longitudinal data analysis;

(3) Precision medicine including biomarker discovery, development, and validation, risk prediction, machine learning/big data, and high-dimensional data. 

The Biostatistics team includes over 60 members (21 faculty) who are deeply embedded in collaborative research projects across more than twenty different domains. Candidates with interest in cancer, infectious disease, diabetes, neurology, psychiatry, and pulmonary and critical care medicine are especially encouraged to apply. 

Learn More and Apply: Interested candidates should send a cover letter, research statement, and Curriculum Vitae to biostat@mgh.harvard.edu. In addition, please advise three referees to submit letters of recommendation via email with subject line “Letter of recommendation for [applicant full name]”. Review of complete applications will begin January 3, 2025 and will continue until the position is filled. 

Biostatistician I:

Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Biostatistics is seeking Biostatisticians to join our team working on a variety of research projects including clinical trials and observational studies. Potential projects include, but are not limited to; a multi-center, multi-regimen, platform clinical trial in ALS (HEALEY ALS Platform Trial), clinical trials and observational studies in cancer and the NIH-sponsored RECOVER project, a national longitudinal study on COVID-19 “long-haulers”. 

Learn More and Apply: Interested candidates should apply via the MGH website.

Student Research Opportunities:

MGH Biostatistics is seeking graduate students in the Boston area to support investigators in our group in methodological and collaborative research across a wide range of projects. Research positions will be paid and a variety of flexible arrangements are available. 

To apply: Please reach out to biostat@mgh.harvard.edu with your resume/CV if interested. We are always looking to engage students in our research and new opportunities arise on a rolling basis.