Postdoctoral Scholar - Public Health Sciences

The Pennsylvania State University; United States; On-site; USD 54,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University Department of Public Health Sciences is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar in Machine Learning and Statistical Genomics. The role focuses on developing and applying statistical genomic methods to multi-omics data and novel models to analyze EHR data, under the mentorship of Dr.

Dajiang Liu. The candidate will conduct literature reviews, design and implement methods, analyze data, and contribute to manuscripts for publication in high-impact journals and presentations

Qualifications

• PhD in statistics/biostatistics, computer science, bioinformatics, or related disciplines is required.
• Strong interest and research background in statistical genomics, ML/Deep learning, bioinformatics for -omics data.
• Excellent programming, collaboration, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review literature and design and implement methods.
• Analyze data and draft manuscripts.
• Publish in high-impact journals and present at conferences.

Skills

Programming

Collaboration skills

Communication skills

Education

PhD in statistics/biostatistics or related fields

Job description

Postdoctoral Scholar of Machine Learning and Statistical Genomics

The Department of Public Health Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral scholar. 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.
• Strong interest, research background and experience in the methodology research in statistical genomics, machine/deep learning, bioinformatics methods in -omics data are preferred.
• Demonstrated evidence of excellent programming, collaboration, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• As a Postdoctoral Scholar, they will be involved in: reviewing literature, designing and implementing methods, analyzing data, summarizing study results, and drafting manuscripts.
• They will work closely with our team to publish research findings in high-impact journals and present at scientific conferences.

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