BACKGROUND

The Department of Biomedical Informatics and the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center invite applications for a research assistant professor focused on cancer bioinformatics.

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.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Projects involve both analysis of and method development for high-throughput data, especially NGS data.

The candidates are expected to work both independently on genomics data analysis and closely with investigators in the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC).

REQUIREMENTS

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.

Excellent teamwork and communication skills are required.

LOCALE

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

COMPENSATION

By experience

HOW TO APPLY

The search committee will give first consideration to applications received by October 15, 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.

DEADLINE

Open until filled.

POLICY

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