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Assistant Professor or Associate Professor - Biostatistics
Northern Illinois University
Application
Details
Posted: 14-Jan-26
Location: DeKalb, Indiana
Type: Full Time
Salary: Starts at $85,000
Categories:
Academic / Faculty
Academic / Research
Research Positions
Sector:
College / University
Salary Details:
NIU offers a robust benefits package; this is an endowed position that provides annual discretionary funds to support the faculty member’s research, travel, and scholarly activities (pending NIU Foundation Board approval).
Required Education:
Doctorate
Internal Number: 6051
The College of Health and Human Sciences (CHHS) at Northern Illinois University invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor in the field of Biostatistics. This is an endowed position that includes dedicated funds to support the faculty member’s research, teaching innovation, and professional development (pending NIU Foundation Board approval). The position will begin in August of 2026 and may be offered as tenure track or with tenure, based on the candidate’s documented record of achievement, and subject to approval from the Department, College, University, and NIU Board of Trustees.
This is an endowed position that includes dedicated funds to support the faculty member’s research, teaching innovation, and professional development (pending NIU Foundation Board approval). The successful candidate will contribute to teaching, research, and service in support of NIU’s mission to empower students through educational excellence and experiential learning at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Rank and tenure status depend on qualifications.
NIU is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research University-High Research Activity located in DeKalb, IL. The main campus is in DeKalb, which is a diverse and growing community, 65 miles west of Chicago’s “Loop” and 40 miles southeast of Rockford with education centers in Rockford and Naperville. DeKalb county, with a population of about 100,000, is a modern paradox, a rural/urban community. It is simultaneously recognized for its manufacturing and rich farmlands, as evidenced by it being the site of the first manufacturing of barbed wire and the development of hybrid seed corn.
NIU faculty and students live in communities throughout Northern Illinois, including the western Chicago suburbs, city of Rockford, and small towns within driving distance from the university. The recently revitalized downtown city of DeKalb offers shops, restaurants, and other amenities. Business investment is evident in DeKalb’s Chicago West Business Center, whose residents include companies such as Facebook/Meta, Ferrara Candy, and Kraft/Heinz.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Teach biostatistics, and possibly epidemiology, courses in public health and health sciences, along with other appropriate courses, to both undergraduate and graduate students in online and in-person formats
Mentor and advise students
Develop or continue an active research agenda with internal/external funding
Engage in service at the program, school, college, university, and professional levels
Contribute to curriculum development and program advancement
Minimum Required Qualifications
Doctoral degree (e.g., PhD, DrPH, etc.) in Biostatistics or a closely related field earned by August 2026
Evidence of (or protentional for) teaching excellence
Demonstrated (or potential for) research productivity, including securing internal/external funding
Additional Requirements
Skills in using instructional and computer technology in course delivery, supervision, and mentorship
Effective communication and collaboration skills in service to the public health or health sciences profession
Preferred Qualifications
Expertise in Epidemiology
Established research line of inquiry
Evidence of higher education teaching effectiveness, course development, and curricular assessment and evaluation
Accreditation experience in public health or health sciences
Research experience utilizing biostatistics/epidemiology or quantitative research methods in public health or health sciences
Record of engagement and service to the biostatistics, public health, health sciences, or epidemiology profession at the local, state, and/or national level
About NIU
Northern Illinois University is a student-centered, nationally recognized public research university, with expertise that benefits its region and spans the globe in a wide variety of fields, including the sciences, humanities, arts, business, engineering, education, health and law. Through its main campus in DeKalb, Illinois, and education centers for students and working professionals in Chicago, Naperville, Oregon and Rockford, NIU offers more than 100 courses of study while serving a diverse and international student body.
Vision, Mission and Values
Vision: to be an engine for innovation to advance social mobility; promote personal, professional and intellectual growth; and transform the world through research, artistry, teaching and outreach.
Mission: to empower students through educational excellence and experiential learning as we pursue knowledge, share our research and artistry, and engage communities for the benefit of the region, state, nation and world.
Core values:
Curiosity and creativity
Equity and inclusion
Ethics and integrity
Service and stewardship
Student Profile (Fall 2024):
Students enrolled at NIU: 15,415
Undergraduate: 11,349
Gr...aduate: 3,728
Law: 338
Student to faculty ratio: 14:1
First-generation college students: 50% of entering class
Students of color: 66% of entering class
International students: 972
