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BACKGROUND

A postdoc position in Bioinformatics and/or Computational Biology is available at the Center for Precision Health, a newly established joint center of School of Biomedical Informatics and School of Public Health in The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Using integrative computational approaches, we focus on the understanding of genotype-phenotype relationships underlying complex diseases. We seek for highly motivated postdoctoral candidates who are interested in the following research areas.
1. Methodology development on integrative analysis of multidimensional data. Representative methods developed by our group include dmGWAS (Bioinformatics, 27:95-102), EW_dmGWAS (Bioinformatics, 31:2591-2594), gamGWAS (J Med Genet, 49:96-103), VarWalker (PLoS Computational Biology, 10(2):e1003460), and MSEA (Genome Biology, 15:489). Success candidates will continue the work in developing computational methods on genomic data.
2. Computational genetic and genomic investigation of complex diseases, in particular psychiatric diseases. We have years of scientific record on bioinformatics and systems biology analysis of schizophrenia, bipolar, and major depressive disorder, published in top journals of psychiatry (e.g., Molecular Psychiatry). Candidates with experience in genetics are preferred.
3. Bioinformatics and systems biology research on cancer. Our lab has a long standing interest in developing methods in translational bioinformatics to aid precision medicine in cancer (Genome Research, 23:1434-1445; Cancer Discovery, 2:791--797).

REQUIREMENTS

PhD in Bioinformatics, Genetics, Biostatistics, or Computational Biology
Strong programming skills (R, Python, Java, C or C++)
Experience in next-generation sequencing analysis
Strong mathematical and statistical background (machine learning)
Solid skills in spoken and writing English
Experience in analyzing biological and genomic databases

TERMS

3 years

LOCALE

Houston, TX

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants should send a cover letter describing your past research experience/skills and future research interests/plans, a curriculum vitae, and the contact information of three references to peilin.jia[at]uth.tmc.edu.

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