Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Samur Lab

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POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW – SAMUR LAB

Employer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI)
Location
Boston, Massachusetts (US)
Salary
Commensurate with experience
Closing date
11 May 2024
Discipline
Biomedicine, Computing, Mathematics
Job Type
Postdoctoral
Employment - Hours
Full time
Duration
Permanent
Qualification
PhD
Sector
Hospital
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QUALIFICATIONS

• MD/Phd, MD, PhD, or doctoral equivalent degree in Statistics, Biostatistics or Computational Biology, Bioinformatics or, related field of Data Science
• Solid foundation and strong practical knowledge of computational biology and statistics proven by thesis, coursework or previous job experience
• Experience in study and experimental design in medical and/or biomedical research
• Fluency in one or more scripting programming languages such as R, Python
• Experience with Unix/Linux environments (including shell scripting)
• Ability to prepare reproduceable data analysis and reports by using tools including but not limited to Rmarkdown or Jupyter notebook.
• Basic understanding of code repositories
• Develop novel ways to coordinate, manage and report data if required by studies
• Ability to draft plans to resolve inaccuracies or other problematic situations
• Ability to prioritize assignments, multi-task, make decisions based upon sound principles, and independently problem solving
• Experience in one or more of the following omics data, single cell genomics, WGS, WES, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, RNA-seq
  https://careers.dana-farber.org/postdoc-research-fellow-samur-lab

• Responsible for statistical aspects of study/experiment design, identification of appropriate tests and models, data analysis and visualization, assuring quality of data alongside an ability to communicate effectively with collaborators and other team members.
• Responsible of contributing to clinical and scientific reports, grant developments, progress reports, publications, and presentations at scientific conferences.
• Responsible for reproducibility of results.
• Works independently and collaborates with a research team of data scientists and investigators on multiple projects.
• Follow relevant scientific literature to ensure the use of optimal methods and understand emerging practices across the field