Postdoctoral Associate- Cancer Epidemiology
- Employer
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Closing date
- Nov 18, 2024
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- Discipline
- Life Sciences, Cancer Research
- Position Type
- Full Time
- Job Type
- Other
- Organization Type
- Academia
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Summary
The Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for postdoctoral research in systems epidemiology of cancer.
This is a 3-year flexible program with personalized educational curricula and individually tailored multidisciplinary teams of mentors with ongoing research in a variety of pediatric and adult cancers. The training provides epidemiology and bioinformatics fellows with the specialized skills to incorporate novel high-throughput technologies into large-scale collaborative epidemiology studies and to become successful, cross-trained researchers. Exciting opportunities also exist to work with faculty from MD Anderson Cancer Center, Rice University and UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics.
Job Duties
Minimum Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
The Section of Epidemiology and Population Sciences at Baylor College of Medicine invites applications for postdoctoral research in systems epidemiology of cancer.
This is a 3-year flexible program with personalized educational curricula and individually tailored multidisciplinary teams of mentors with ongoing research in a variety of pediatric and adult cancers. The training provides epidemiology and bioinformatics fellows with the specialized skills to incorporate novel high-throughput technologies into large-scale collaborative epidemiology studies and to become successful, cross-trained researchers. Exciting opportunities also exist to work with faculty from MD Anderson Cancer Center, Rice University and UTHealth School of Biomedical Informatics.
Job Duties
- Analyzes large data sets.
- Analyzes next generation sequencing data (e.g., RNA-seq, whole genome/ exome sequencing).
- Uses state-of-the-art bioinformatical and statistical tools.
- Develops new statistical methods to answer biological questions that arise in the research.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D in Epidemiology or Bioinformatics.
- Excellent writing skills in English.
- Experience with next generation sequencing data analysis is a plus. Knowledge in cancer biology or genetics is preferable.
- Able to work in a team environment.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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