Bioinformatician
Winthrop University Hospital - New York City, NY
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NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of the nation's top-ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health, the Grossman School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go tomed.nyu.edu, and interact with us onLinkedIn,Glassdoor,Indeed,Facebook,TwitterandInstagram.Position Summary:We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Bioinformatician. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for constructing and maintaining databases and analytic pipelines for high dimensional phenotype and genotype data.Job Responsibilities:The bioinformatician will report directly to the PI, and work with various core facilities, collaborators, and members of the PIs research program. S/he will ensure compliance with data protection and sharing policies of the institution and government, including state, federal and NIH policies. Phenotype data will be extracted from electronic health records, public databases, and collected directly from clinicians and research participants. Phenotype data will require cleaning, harmonization, annotation, and indexing to facilitate efficient retrieval for use as either exposure or outcome data in genetic or clinical studies as needed. Genetic data will include genome-wide genotype data, and variants extracted from exome sequence and/or whole genome sequence data. Genetic data will be received from core facilities and/or collaborators and in the form of raw data, individual-level variant calls, and/or summary statistics. Data will be used for cutting-edge research aimed at establishing and validating genotype-phenotype relationships to improve predictions of disease onset, disease course, and treatment responses.Minimum Qualifications:To qualify you must have a Master's Degree and training in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or related disciplines. Experience in Unix/Linux systems including High Performance Computing environments. Scripting languages: Python or Perl. Statistical packages: R (preferred) or Matlab. Excellent communication skills with proficiency in written and oral English.Preferred Qualifications:Experience with genome analysis, research in electronic health records, and/or data science using R / Bioconductor, Python, Julia, Jupyter.Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.NYU Grossman School of Medicine provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents.NYU Grossman School of Medicine is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online. If you wish to view NYU Grossman School of Medicine's EEO policies, please click here. Please click here to view the Federal 'EEO is the law' poster or visit for more information.NYU Langone Health provides a salary range to comply with the New York state Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $67,771.14 - $112,951.35 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.To view the Pay Transparency Notice, please click here
Created: 2024-09-07