Postdoctoral Fellow In Statistical Genetics

Beth Israel Lahey Health • Boston, MA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The postdoctoral fellow will develop and apply computational/statistical methods utilizing genetic and omics data to understand health and disease phenotypes. The position is in the Sofer lab, at the CadioVascular Institute (CVI) at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Current areas of methodological applications in the group include genetic association analyses, variance components models, polygenic risk scores development, and data integration in diverse populations. Data types include genetics, metabolomics, RNA-seq, proteomics, and methylation. The fellow will be supported by NIH grants, and specific projects will depend on the fellow’s skills and interests, within the scope of the grants funding the lab. The fellow will work collaboratively with a diverse group of experts in statistics, bioinformatics, genetics, and epidemiology. They will have opportunities for mentorship of students.

Requirements

• Doctoral Degree or M.D.
• 0-1 year of postdoctoral research experience in academic or industrial lab setting, and/or teaching assistantship in a university setting, and/or residency, and/or clinical duties beyond that of the qualifying doctoral degree.
• Doctoral degree in Biostatistics, Population Genetics, Computational Genomics, Genetic Epidemiology, Computer Science, or equivalent, is required.
• background in handling large genetic data
• familiarity with statistical genetics models
• interest in the study of admixed populations
• passion for developing computational and statistical methods.

Responsibilities

• Abides by the institutional policies of BIDMC relating to health and safety, equality of opportunity and data storage and management.
• As a member of the research team, actively pursues research under the supervision of a principal investigator while developing skills for independent work.
• Receives training in and performs duties contributing to the investigational work of the team including formulation of research questions and design, conduct of experiments, and evaluation of results.
• Prepares and publishes scientific manuscripts under direction of PI.
• Develops expertise in desired lab skills/informatics/ physics/clinical research. Develops proficiency with research tools and equipment. Develops ability to work with more independence as the fellowship progresses
• Develops new ideas that promote current research; brings new expertise to the research program.
• teaching skills and provide supervision of students and their projects when appropriate.
• Engages in collaborative meetings with other research groups. Attends and leads scientific seminars.
• Learns to identify, acknowledge and correct deficiencies in one's own performance.
• Under the direction of PI, pursues/secures independent funding near the end of the fellowship.

Benefits

• vaccination against influenza (flu)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree