PhD position in Biostatistics for 4 years 80 %

Successful applicants should be highly motivated and have a strong background in mathematics, statistics, and programming. Ideally, the applicant should hold a master’s degree in statistics, applied mathematics or a related field. Applicants with experience in both frequentist and Bayesian statistics will be given preference. The applicant has good programming skills in the open-source R software environment and can generate dynamic reports and use version control. Previous experience with developing packages in R and an interactive Shiny web application would be an asset. The applicant has excellent communication skills and can work both independently and in a team. The applicant should also have a solid scientific writing experience and excellent written and spoken English skills.

What we offer:
We offer a dynamic and attractive work and research environment focused on reproducibility and best-practice statistical methods. Our team consists of experienced and junior researchers from diverse back-grounds who mutually support each other through their complementary expertise. There is a large research community including many PhD students in the Department of Biostatistics itself and in the structured PhD Program in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Life Science Zurich Graduate School. Joint UZH and ETH seminars are regularly organized. The successful PhD candidate will obtain a PhD (Dr. sc. nat.) in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from the Faculty of Science at University of Zurich, Switzerland.