Bioinformatician II Cancer Center

Carolinas Medical Center; Winston-Salem (NC); On-site; USD 49,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Advocate Health’s Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Comprehensive Cancer Center seeks a bioinformatics specialist to provide support for biostatistics and bioinformatics, collaborating with investigators on genomics and imaging studies. The role includes developing software tools and pipelines for quantitative data analysis.

You will work with Java, Perl, Python, R, and database programming while applying advanced statistical methods to biomedical data.

Qualifications

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity with resources and tools relevant to research in genomics, proteomics, imaging, bioinformatics, and related disciplines.
• An understanding of the fundamentals of modern biology and bioinformatics.
• Experience in computer programming (Java, Perl, C/C++) and database programming.
• Knowledge of statistics and experience conducting statistical analysis.
• Experience with bioinformatic tools and public databases.

Responsibilities

• Provide bioinformatics support for faculty and staff in biostatistics and bioinformatics.
• Collaborate with cancer center investigators and assist in developing genomics, proteomics, imaging, and other related quantitatively oriented studies.
• Design and develop bioinformatics analysis and visualization software tools and web applications.
• Demonstrate knowledge in data visualization software and web services development.
• Develop and apply computational algorithms to biomedical studies using genomic, proteomic, expression, imaging data.
• Perform timely bioinformatics analysis to aid researchers and maintain shared tools and data sets.

Skills

Communication skills

Bioinformatics familiarity

Biology fundamentals

Programming (Java/Perl/Python/R)

Statistics knowledge

Education

Master's in bioinformatics or related field

Bachelor's + statistics experience

Tools

Bioinformatics tools

Public databases

Job description

Department:

37371 Wake Forest University Health Sciences - Comprehensive Cancer Center

Status:

Full time

Benefits Eligible:

Yes

Hours Per Week:

40

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

M-F 8-5
Strongly Preferred

Qualifications:

• 1. Master's degree in bioinformatics, mathematics, biomathematics, computer science, engineering, or related scientific discipline.
• 2. Experience in software development and database development.
• 3. Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• 4. Familiarity with resources and tools relevant to research in genomics, proteomics, imaging, bioinformatics, and related disciplines.1. An understanding of the fundamentals of modern biology and bioinformatics.
• 5. Experience in computer programming (Java, Perl, Python, R) and database programming.
• 6. Knowledge of biology especially cancer biology, statistics and experience conducting statistical analysis.
• 7. Experience with bioinformatic tools and public databases.

Pay Range: $35.50 - $53.25

Education/Experience:

• 1. Master's degree in bioinformatics, mathematics, biomathematics, computer science, engineering, or related scientific discipline, or, bachelor's degree with three years' experience in statistics
• 2. Experience in software development and database development

Licence, Certification, and/or Registration:

n/a

Essential Functions:

• 1. Provide bioinformatics support for faculty and staff in biostatistics and bioinformatics.
• 2. Collaborate with cancer center investigators and assist in developing genomics, proteomics, imaging, and other related quantitatively oriented studies that promote advanced scientific research through innovative data handling, data analysis, and data processing pipeline and visualization methods.
• 3. Design and develop bioinformatics analysis and visualization software tools and web applications.
• 4. Demonstrate basic knowledge in the following areas: data visualization software, web application development for data intensive problems, web services development and deployment, performance tuning or high-performance applications, or bioinformatics software development.
• 5. Develop and apply computational algorithms to biomedical studies using genomic, proteomic, expression, imaging and other related data. Examples include, but are not limited to classical statistical methods, machine learning, vector support analysis, neural networks, and regression trees.
• 6. Perform timely and accurate bioinformatics analysis to aid researchers in high throughput data analysis. Maintain, support, and document shared tools, web pages, and data sets for computational analysis. Assist in the development and maintenance of relational database for storing data and analysis results. Work with researchers to define and implement bioinformatics analysis tools.
• 7. Assist in advance analyses under the supervision of faculty and senior biostatisticians and bioinformaticians.
• 8. Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Familiarity with resources and tools relevant to research in genomics, proteomics, imaging, bioinformatics, and related disciplines
• An understanding of the fundamentals of modern biology and bioinformatics.
• Experience in computer programming (Java, Perl, C/C++) and database programming.
• Knowledge of CPR, fitness testing, and exercise physiology.
• Knowledge of statistics and experience conducting statistical analysis.
• Experience with bioinformatic tools and public databases

Work Environment:

• Clean, well-lit, comfortable office setting
• #WFUSM

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more - so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

• Compensation
• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job
• Incentive pay for select positions
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

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