Biostatistician Principal

Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 113,000; Part time

Job summary

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. seeks a doctoral-level Senior Computational Scientist to lead the laboratory's DNA methylation and epigenomics analysis efforts on hematologic malignancy projects.

This per diem role emphasizes rapid impact and flexible scheduling, with responsibility for maintaining production pipelines and collaborating across teams. Ideal candidates have a PhD in a relevant field, extensive experience with multi-omic data integration and strong programming skills in R,

Qualifications

• Requires PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, cancer genetics or related field.
• Master's degree in statistics or related field is required.
• Formal degree-level training in CS/SE for production research software.
• Advanced bench experience or diagnostic pathology training may be required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead computational scientist and tech owner of the DNA methylation program.
• Maintain, debug and version control analysis pipelines.
• Integrate multi-omic datasets (WGBS, RRBS, ChIP-seq, ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, Single-cell seq).
• Provide statistical genetics support including rare-variant burden analyses.
• Respond to peer-review with updated analyses and figures for revisions.
• Advise and train junior computational staff and researchers.
• Contribute analyses to grant proposals and reports.

Skills

R

Python

Unix/Linux

HPC

Cloud computing

Education

PhD in bioinformatics or related field

Master's in Statistics or related field

Computer science/software engineering training

Diagnostic pathology training or wet-lab experience

Tools

NGS analysis pipelines

DNA methylation pipelines

Scripting/automation

Job description

Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

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Job Summary

The Chai Laboratory seeks a doctoral-level Senior Computational Scientist to provide specialized, intermittent computational leadership to an active portfolio of epigenomics and hematologic malignancy projects. This is a per diem appointment created to sustain continuity of a highly specialized analytical program during a defined interval, and to carry several late-stage manuscripts through revision, resubmission and publication.
The laboratory's epigenomics program is built on a proprietary set of internally developed analysis with no commercial or off-the-shelf equivalent. The successful candidate will act as the technical maintainer of these frameworks and as computational co-investigator on the studies that depend on them.
As the appointment is intermittent, part-time and tied to manuscripts already under review, the candidate must be able to contribute productively from the first billed hour.

Qualifications

Education
Master's Degree Statistics required or Master's Degree Related Field of Study required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
Yes
Experience

• PhD in bioinformatics, computational biology, cancer genetics or a closely related discipline, with a expertise in hematologic malignancy.
• Formal degree-level training in computer science or software engineering. The role requires maintenance and release engineering of production research software used outside this institution, not scripting-level analysis alone.
• Formal training in diagnostic pathology or an equivalent wet-laboratory discipline, with demonstrated independent bench capability. The role requires unsupervised interpretation of computational results against experimental design, without an intermediary.
• Minimum seven (7) years of post-doctoral research experience in myeloid malignancy epigenetics.
• Demonstrated first, senior or corresponding authorship of published, publicly maintained NGS analysis pipelines that are in documented use by laboratories outside the author's own institution.
• Direct experience with methylation-domain discovery.
• Peer-reviewed publication record commensurate with senior scientific standing, to include first-authorship and senior/corresponding authorship in journals of the highest impact tier, and demonstrated productivity in hematology, epigenetics and cancer metabolism.
• Existing academic appointment at the rank of Instructor or above.
• Immediate availability, current U.S. work authorization. The intermittent per diem structure does not permit a training or onboarding period.
• Advanced proficiency in R, Python and Unix/Linux shell environments, and competence in HPC and cloud-based analysis at multi-terabyte scale.

Preferred

• Experience with leukemia models, and with DNMT3A-mutant AML biology.
• In vivo hematopoiesis experience, including conditional-knockout murine bone marrow handling experience.
• Peer-review service for scientific journals.
• University-level teaching experience and demonstrated ability to communicate technical results to non-specialist audiences.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as lead computational scientist and technical owner of the laboratory's DNA methylation regulatory-element program.
• Maintain, extend, debug and version the laboratory's published analysis pipelines.
• Analyze and integrate multi-omic datasets: WGBS/RRBS, ChIP-seq, CUT&RUN, ATAC-seq, RNA-seq, RIP-seq, single-cell RNA-seq and CITE-seq, and long-read sequencing.
• Provide statistical genetics support, including rare-variant burden analysis across germline datasets and pathway-level aggregation strategies.
• Respond to peer-review critique on manuscripts currently in press or under revision, regenerating analyses and publication-quality figures to journal-imposed revision deadlines.
• Advise and train junior computational staff, graduate students and wet-lab scientists in the use of the above frameworks.
• Contribute analytical sections, preliminary data and data-management plans to federal and foundation grant applications.

Additional Job Details (if applicable)

Remote Type

Hybrid

Work Location

77 Avenue Louis Pasteur

Scheduled Weekly Hours

0

Employee Type

Per Diem

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Pay Range

$56.59 - $82.31/Hourly

Grade

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EEO Statement:

2200 The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran's Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

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