Bioinformatician

Job Description:
Stanford University is seeking a bioinformatician to manage and analyze large amounts of information, typically technical or scientific in nature, under the direction of project researchers, investigators, or managers.

DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Collect, manage and clean datasets.
• Employ new and existing tools to interpret, analyze, and visualize multivariate relationships in data.
• Create databases and reports, develop algorithms and statistical models, and perform statistical analyses appropriate to data and reporting requirements.
• Use system reports and analyses to identify potentially problematic data, make corrections, and determine root cause for data problems from input errors or inadequate field edits, and suggest possible solutions.
• Develop reports, charts, graphs and tables for use by investigators and for publication and presentation.
• Analyze data processes in documentation.
• Collaborate with faculty and research staff on data collection and analysis methods.
• Provide documentation based on audit and reporting criteria to investigators and research staff.
• Communicate with government officials, grant agencies and industry representatives.
• Other duties may also be assigned.

Qualifications

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Advanced degree in Biology, Computational Biology, Bioinformatics or related field is preferred
• Technical expertise in bioinformatics
• Experience with working with genetic and molecular data
• Familiar with different data formats and able to transfer datasets among these formats
• Experience in relational databases
• Experience with data analytic toolsets such as R, Sas, and Matlab
• Ability to handle a wide range of assignments and meet deadlines with minimal day to day supervision
• Experience in natural language processing and machine learning
• Working knowledge of code management such as git
• Passionate about working with data
• Passionate about healthcare research
• Knowledge of medical terms

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and relevant experience
• Experience in a quantitative discipline such as statistics or computer science

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Ability to direct the work of others, for jobs requiring supervision.
• Relevant subject matter knowledge.
• Substantial experience with MS Office and analytical programs.
• Excellent writing and analytical skills.
• Ability to prioritize workload.

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES: None.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Sitting in place at a computer for long periods of time with extensive keyboarding/dexterity
• Occasionally use a telephone
• Rarely writing by hand
• Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

WORKING CONDITIONS: Some work may be performed in a laboratory or field setting.

WORK STANDARDS (from JDL):

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.

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Requeriments :

• Technical Bachelor

Skills :

• Bioinformatics
• Database design
• Genetics
• Machine Learning
• Programming in Matlab
• Programming in R
• Programming in SAS
• Statistics

Areas :

• Bioinformatics

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Additional Info:
Job: Information Analytics

Location : School of Medicine

Schedule:Full-time

Grade: G

Job Code: 4751

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