Student Assistantship, Internship and Employment Opportunities

Teaching Assistant (Doctoral Student)

5 hour/week TA opportunity for BIOSTATS 690E (Culminating experience course) with Dr. Alex Knee.

Eligibility: PhD student in good academic standing in the Biostatistics PhD program.

Responsibilities: 

5 hour/week TA for the class, with the option of serving remotely. 

The TA would entail the following: 

• Regularly - 2.5h/w: Zoom class attendance: Tu/Th 1:00-2:15
  • Support peer review via Zoom breakout rooms 
• Additional 2-3h/w - depending on assignment due dates: 
  • Assistance reviewing/grading protocol drafts, code drafts, helping problem solve

Please send CV or resume along with your cover letter to Tonya Menard, tonyamenard [at] umass [dot] edu (tonyamenard[at]umass[dot]edu), by Monday, September 21, 2026.

Research Assistant (Doctoral Student)

5hr./wk. RA position with Dr. Balasubramanian

The research assistant will analyze data from the UK Biobank and other prospective cohorts to characterize sex differences in metabolomic associations with cardiovascular disease. Responsibilities include harmonizing metabolomic and phenotypic data across cohorts; implementing statistical analyses (regression and survival models, sex-by-metabolite interaction testing, multiple-comparison correction); generating tables and figures; and contributing to manuscripts, presentations, and progress reports.

Required: PhD candidate in biostatistics, statistics, epidemiology, or a related quantitative field; proficiency in R; experience with reproducible workflows and version control. Required attendance at the weekly biostatistics/statistics seminar series.

Preferred: prior experience as a biostatistician on collaborative research teams.

Please send CV or resume along with your cover letter to Tonya Menard, tonyamenard [at] umass [dot] edu (tonyamenard[at]umass[dot]edu), by Wednesday, September 16, 2026, she will collect them for Dr. Balasubramanian.