Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Research Assistant Professor of Cancer Bioinformatics
Department of Biomedical Informatics

OVERVIEW

The Department of Biomedical Informatics and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center invite applications for a research assistant professor focused on cancer bioinformatics. The candidates should have a PhD or equivalent degree and have extensive training in genomics and transcriptomics; discovery-based analysis; integrative genomics; and/or next generation sequencing (NGS) data analysis. Projects involve both analysis of and method development for high-throughput data, especially NGS data. Excellent teamwork and communication skills are required. The candidate is expected to work both independently on genomics data analysis and closely with investigators in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC). Further information about the Department of Biomedical Informatics, the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, and the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine can be found at http://dbmi.mc.vanderbilt.edu, http://www.vicc.org and https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu, respectively.

HOW TO APPLY

The search committee will give first consideration to applications received by May 31, 2012. Applicants should electronically send a letter of interest, Curriculum Vitae, research plan, and a list of three references to zhongming.zhao[at]vanderbilt.edu, Zhongming Zhao, Ph.D., Chief Bioinformatics Officer, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

POLICY

Vanderbilt University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.