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Job date: 2018-01-18
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Company : Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center Country : Role : Postdoc
Job date: 2018-01-18
End Date:
Company : Johns Hopkins Schizophrenia Center Country : Role : Postdoc
Job Description:
A postdoctoral position is available in the Schizophrenia Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The center seeks a talented and highly motivated Bioinformatician/Biostatistician to pursue translational/clinical research projects, including a) first episode psychosis project, and b) chronic schizophrenia and mood disorder project. Primary purposes include 1) to identify biomarker candidates, and 2) to generate hypotheses for the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders. Under a collaborative atmosphere, the candidate will have plenty of opportunities to further develop their skills through interactions with these leading experts. A successful candidate will:
Additional Info:
The Schizophrenia Center is currently supported by multiple types of funding, such as NIH and other federal grants, non-profit organization grants, funds from industry, and funds from philanthropic donors. Johns Hopkins University is a leading institution in the field of computational biology and data science. A wide range of world-class experts is affiliated with our center and committed to the projects to generate high impact data related to the understanding of these brain disorders. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]
A postdoctoral position is available in the Schizophrenia Center at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. The center seeks a talented and highly motivated Bioinformatician/Biostatistician to pursue translational/clinical research projects, including a) first episode psychosis project, and b) chronic schizophrenia and mood disorder project. Primary purposes include 1) to identify biomarker candidates, and 2) to generate hypotheses for the pathophysiology of psychiatric disorders. Under a collaborative atmosphere, the candidate will have plenty of opportunities to further develop their skills through interactions with these leading experts. A successful candidate will:
- work with interdisciplinary teams including clinical, neuropsychological, neuroimaging, electrophysiological, behavioral, molecular scientists
- analyze molecular profiling data (microarray, RNA-Seq, Ribo-Seq, etc.) and brain imaging data (MRI, fcMRI, and MRS)
- integrate data across clinical and molecular data layers
- be mentored by multiple faculty members inside the Schizophrenia Center, including faculties with expertise in data science, molecular science, brain imaging, and clinical psychiatry
- A Ph.D. in bioinformatics, biostatistics, computational biology or similar field.
- Experience of using cutting-edge computational methods to analyze data, supported by strong publication
- has good knowledge of statistics
- Proficient in at least two of the following languages: R, Python, Ruby, C++
- Ability to work collaboratively with members from different research backgrounds
- Experience of web-based database development is a plus
- Experience of statistical design and analysis of clinical studies in the field of psychiatric disorders is a plus
- Experience of machine learning is a plus
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Skills :
- Database design
- Machine Learning
- Microarray
- Programing in C++
- Programing in Python
- Programming in R
- RNA-seq
- Statistics
Areas :
Additional Info:
The Schizophrenia Center is currently supported by multiple types of funding, such as NIH and other federal grants, non-profit organization grants, funds from industry, and funds from philanthropic donors. Johns Hopkins University is a leading institution in the field of computational biology and data science. A wide range of world-class experts is affiliated with our center and committed to the projects to generate high impact data related to the understanding of these brain disorders. [Click Here to Access the Original Job Post]