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BACKGROUND

About Dana-Farber:
Located in Boston, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute brings together world renowned clinicians, innovative researchers and dedicated professionals, allies in the common mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. Combining extremely talented people with the best technologies in a genuinely positive environment, we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all ages; we conduct research that advances treatment; we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers; we reach out to underserved members of our community; and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Overview:
The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute seeks a Senior Scientist - Clinical Genomics Analyst to lead the creation of a new open-access precision cancer medicine knowledge base. This is an essential role for building precision medicine platforms within DFCI, for connecting genomic profiles to clinical trials, and for maintaining the public, open source cBioPortal for Cancer Genomics (http://cbioportal.org).

Primary Responsibilities:

Lead the creation of a new open-access precision cancer medicine knowledge base.
Review literature and curate clinically actionable mutations in cancer, with focus on creating highly structured and clinically concise records for genes and genomic variants in multiple cancer types.
Review submissions from a larger team of open-source curators and contributors.
Curate genomic criteria for clinical trialsat DFCI,as part of our computational platform for algorithmic matching genomics profiles to clinical trials.
Lead a team of part-time clinical fellows across DFCI, with the goal of integrating disease center expertise into the knowledge base.
Attend all precision medicine tumor boards at DFCI, and integrate published observations into the knowledge base.

REQUIREMENTS

Required Skills:

PhD in biology, with a strong clinical / translational cancer focus
Expertise in cancer genomics, and the clinical application of cancer genomics
Excellent communication and writing skills
Exceptional attention to detail

Strong leadership skills to lead a group of open-source contributors and a group of clinical fellows.

The candidate must also demonstrate outstanding personal initiative and the ability to work effectively as part of a team. Ability to meet deadlines and efficiently multitask is a must.

PREFERENCES

Highly Desired Skills:

Prior experience in curating and interpreting clinical impact of cancer variants
Prior experience in building or contributing to a clinical cancer genomics knowledgebase

TERMS

Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Schedule: Standard Business Hours, Monday - Friday 8:30 - 5:00

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply directly online at http://www.dana-farber.org/Careers/Careers-at-Dana-Farber.aspx. Click Search Job Openings and use the Job ID number to quickly locate the appropriate job listing. Once you have located the desired job, click on the checkbox in the 'Select' column, and then click the 'Apply Now' button, located at the bottom of the screen.

DFCI Employees please apply directly through PeopleSoft Self Service. Sign on to PeopleSoft and navigate to Main Menu > DFCI Careers.

Job ID: 27738
Date Posted: 17/02/2016
Location: Center for Life Sciences
Job Family: Research - Laboratory
FLSA Status: Exempt

Apply Here: http://www.Click2Apply.net/r675yj96dc

POLICY

Equal Employment Opportunity

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other groups as protected by law.

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