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The position
That is an thrilling new alternative for an enthusiastic and motivated postdoctoral fellow in data-sciences and biomedical informatics to work on thrilling human and veterinary well being research, such because the identification of novel biomarkers for illness. You can be becoming a member of the College of Surrey’s Well being and Biomedical Informatics Analysis Group, the place you’ll work on medical and medical analysis questions, utilizing massive well being and biomedical datasets from sufferers, companion animals and livestock, in addition to massive omics datasets akin to proteomics and metabolomics.
The submit will contain collaborative working with trade companions, charities, in addition to different universities and analysis institutes throughout the UK and internationally. The general programme of analysis shall be collectively developed by Prof. Nophar Geifman and the particular person appointed. There are alternatives to broaden out into different areas akin to new algorithm growth, and superior computational methodologies for built-in analyses.
You should have a key position in planning, designing and executing a variety of research and the methodologies for use. The submit will supply alternatives to use quite a lot of knowledge sciences approaches and work with a variety of huge well being/medical/organic datasets.
About you
Sturdy quantitative analysis expertise with hands-on expertise are important. You need to have expertise in utility of bioinformatics pipelines to omics knowledge (exterior instructional settings). You’ll need good communication expertise, and can be capable to work with and disseminate data to each tutorial and non-academic audiences.
You should have a PhD in medical or bio-informatics, epidemiology, knowledge sciences, or a associated topic, ideally with a give attention to utilising large-scale well being/biomedical knowledge and the appliance of superior knowledge evaluation strategies akin to machine-learning. Equal analysis or trade expertise may also be thought of. Good statistical and analytical expertise are needed, ideally with the flexibility to work in R and expertise with bioinformatic instruments/software program. Coding in different languages akin to python, is a bonus.
What we will supply
Along with wage, you’ll obtain a beneficiant annual depart entitlement of 25 days vacation plus 7 college closure days and eight financial institution holidays (professional rata for half time roles), a beneficiant pension, entry to world-class leisure amenities on campus, a variety of journey schemes, and supportive household pleasant advantages together with a wonderful on-site nursery.
Additional data
Please apply by importing a CV and a protecting letter. Additionally, you will be requested some temporary questions to assist us perceive your suitability for the place.
You might be welcome to contact Prof. Nophar Geifman (n.geifman@surrey.ac.uk) if you need additional data or to debate the submit.
On-line interviews shall be held between fifteenth and twenty sixth September.
We reserve the appropriate to shut the position early if an appropriate candidate is recognized.
Research have proven that girls and different minoritised teams are much less prone to apply for jobs except they meet each single standards. Within the Faculty of Well being Sciences, we’re devoted to constructing a various, inclusive, and genuine office, so if you’re enthusiastic about this position however your expertise doesn’t align completely with what’s said, we encourage you to contact us to debate. Chances are you’ll be simply the appropriate candidate for this or different roles.
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