Bioinformatician I BWH Channing Lab

The Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital is looking for exceptional Bioinformatician to join the Systems Genetics and Genomics group to advance research in respiratory disease. Our group has led some of the largest and most comprehensive genetic and multi-omic studies in this disease, including identifying novel genetic associations and performing functional studies to identify new disease pathways. Bioinformaticians will work with an interdisciplinary team, consisting of geneticists and genetic epidemiologists, biostatisticians, computational biologists, and translational scientists and clinicians, including biostatistics faculty at the Harvard School of Public Health. The candidate will work directly with Dr. Michael Cho, in collaboration with Dr. Edwin Silverman, Professor of Medicine and Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Chief of the Division of Network Medicine.

• Ability to apply statistical and machine learning techniques to solve ‘big data’ problems
• Experience in Programing with MATLAB, R, Python and/or Java that focus on computational biological applications.
• Experience with common bioinformatics and genomic browsers [NCBI, Genbank, UCSC]
• Understanding the user of bioinformatics tools including common NGS tools [BWA, samtools, GATK]
• Ability to work in a highly collaborative and intellectually challenging environment. Perform the technology watch; contribute to the strategy and evolution of existing services, as well as future architecture evolution around communication platforms
• Knowledge of Linux (Ubuntu)
• Must work independently
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

EEO

BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. 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.