Associate scientist - Hiring Urgently

We are searching for a driven Associate scientist to join our incredible team at University of Miami Health System in Miami, FL.
Growing your career as a Full Time Associate scientist is an incredible opportunity to develop productive skills.
If you are strong in leadership, people management and have the right drive for the job, then apply for the position of Associate scientist at University of Miami Health System today!

Current Employees If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to apply for a faculty or staff position using the Career worklet, please review this tip sheet. The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource (BBSR) is among the top research universities and academic medical centers in the nation, and one of the largest private employers in South Florida. With more than 16,000 faculty and staff, the University strives for excellence, and is driven by a powerful mission to transform and impact the lives of its students, patients, members of the community, and people across the globe. The University is committed to fostering a culture of belonging, where everyone feels valued and has the opportunity to add value. Through values of Diversity, Integrity, Responsibility, Excellence, Compassion, Creativity, and Teamwork (DIRECCT) the U community works together to create an environment driven by purpose, excellence, community, and service. The Associate Scientist position will support a wide array of bioinformatics research services in the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center (SCCC) Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource (BBSR) at the University of Miami. This position will provide up to date bioinformatics and molecular informatics data analysis and expertise for clinical, laboratory and epidemiological studies. This analysis includes but is not limited to: gene expression analysis for transcriptome profiling and/or gene regulatory network building, microRNA target analysis, variant calling, epigenetics data preprocessing and analysis, SNP functionality and pathway analysis, and its visualization. This position will collaborate with Cancer Center investigators on experimental design and subsequent high dimensional data analysis of gene expression, genomics and/or proteomics studies. Duties And Responsibilities

• Individual will be responsible for initiating and maintaining independent research collaborations with SCCC clinicians and basic scientists, and for working collaboratively with members of the division on research or development projects.
• Collaborates with Cancer Center members in planning and analyzing data from laboratory-based and epidemiologic investigations.
• Collaborates with Cancer Center members in developing cancer-related grant proposals. Carries out and/or supervises corresponding data analysis.
• Interacts with internal contacts such as principal investigator, research project team, clinicians and data processing and management staff to provide the statistical input required in the design, conduct and analysis of scientific research studies.
• Collaborates with Cancer Center members on writing manuscripts or publication, and in preparing abstracts and poster for scientific presentation.
• Stays current with new bioinformatics methodology applicable to cancer studies, and incorporates major useful advances into proactive.
• Supports the BBSR and other members of the core on bioinformatics aspects of Cancer Center research-related to clinical trials, epidemiologic studies, and laboratory-based investigation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Qualifications

• Ph.D. level, 5 years of post-doctoral experience required, with up to date bioinformatics and molecular informatics data analysis and expertise for clinical, laboratory and epidemiological studies.
• Programming proficiency in R/Python
• Excellent English skills (both verbal and written) required.

Preferred Experience (any Of The Following)

• Statistical/computational methodology development with application in genomics studies
• Single-cell RNA/DNA sequencing data analysis
• Metagenomics data analysis
• Multi-omics data integrative analysis
• Spatial genomics data analysis

Please apply online or e-mail Dr. Yuguang Ban directly at View email address on jobs.institutedata.com The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more. UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for. Patient safety is a top priority. As a result, during the Influenza ("the flu") season (September through April), the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine requires all employees who provide ongoing services to patients, work in a location (all Hospitals and clinics) where patient care is provided, or work in patient care or clinical care areas, to have an annual influenza vaccination. Failure to meet this requirement will result in rescinding or termination of employment. The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information. Job Status Full time Employee Type Staff Pay Grade r8

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