Postdoctoral Scholar - Public Health Sciences

Penn State University • Tallahassee, FL

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About The Position

Postdoctoral Scholar of Machine Learning and Statistical Genomics Description: The Department of Public Health Sciences at the Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pa is seeking postdoc scholars. The overall goal is to: (1) develop and apply statistical genomic methods to analyze multi-omics datasets for understanding complex disease etiology and (2) develop and apply novel statistical models to analyze EHR data. The postdoctoral fellow, under the mentorship of Dr. Dajiang Liu (https://dajiangliu.blog), is expected to work on at least one of these objectives.

Requirements

• A Ph.D. in statistics/biostatistics, computer science, bioinformatics, or other related disciplines is required.
• Demonstrated evidence of excellent programming, collaboration, and communication skills.

Nice To Haves

• Strong interest, research background and experience in the methodology research in statistical genomics, machine/deep learning, bioinformatics methods in -omics data are preferred.

Responsibilities

• reviewing literature
• designing and implementing methods
• analyzing data
• summarizing study results
• drafting manuscripts
• publish research findings in high-impact journals
• present at scientific conferences

Benefits

• Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being.
• For more detailed information, please visit our Benefits Page. (Note: For Postdoctoral benefits, please see our Postdoctoral Benefits page.)

What This Job Offers

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