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Job

PostDoctoral Fellow in Complex Disease Genomics

Organization

National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD and surrounding area

Scientific focus area

Epidemiology, Genetics and Genomics, Health Disparities

The Childhood Complex Disease Genomics Section (CCDGS) in the Center for Precision Health Research (CPHR), NHGRI/NIH undertakes translational genomics research in childhood complex diseases, including malnutrition and childhood-onset essential hypertension (COEH), to define disease mechanisms and therapeutic targets.

About the position

The CCDGS seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow with expertise in human genetics, multi-omics, and computational biology to undertake integrated analyses of multi-omic datasets, including genomic, epigenomic, and transcriptomic data from diverse global populations generated in house. Analyses will utilize the high-performance computing cluster at the NIH alongside cloud-based machine learning models.

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What you'll need to apply

To apply, please submit:

  • Full CV
  • A brief, 1-page summary of research experience and suitability for the position
  • Contact information for three references

Contact name

Dr. Neil Hanchard

Contact email

[email protected]

Qualifications

Well suited candidates will have

  1. A recent (within the last 3 years) or eminent Ph.D./M.D. in Genetics, Genomics, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or related field
  2. Experience in human genetics and large-scale omics data;
  3. proficiency in R and/or Python;
  4. experience working in high-performance computing (HPC) environments.

Additional experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., Terra, AnVIL, GCP) and scalable/reproducible workflows is highly desired.

Disclaimer/Fine Print

U.S. citizens and permanent residents are eligible to apply. NIH welcomes foreign nationals with the exception of individuals from this list.

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