Position Summary
Plays a role in bioinformatics collaboration, consulting, and education to physician scientists and basic research scientists on biomedical and translational research. Contributes to preparation of scientific manuscripts including writing of bioinformatics methods, design, and results, and drafts manuscripts on bioinformatics methods and analyses to journals. Provides education and consultation to research staff on basic and advanced bioinformatics design and analyses development and issues. Takes the lead of bioinformatics research projects under supervision of principal investigators. Assists principal investigators with administrating the core services and other administrative duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities

• Works closely with PI in the selection of bioinformatics method and the collection of experimental data. Plays a critical role in bioinformatics research projects, managing and advising researchers on specification and conduct of bioinformatics analysis.
• Analysis Result Reports: Identifies and develops data analysis reports and presentations needed for managing the data analysis and monitor progress of projects.
• Manuscripts: Contributes to preparation of manuscripts including writing of bioinformatics methods and design, relevant results and data tables and graphs.
• Contributes to preparation of grants including writing of bioinformatics methods and design, relevant summary of results using tables and graphs, and justifications of selections of specific bioinformatics approaches and data analysis pipelines.
• Consultation and collaboration: Collaborates and consults with investigators and researchers on design, collection, and analysis of biomedical research data.
• Provides education and consultation to investigators, research residents and fellows, faculty and key research study staff in the lab and collaborators on basic and advanced design and analyses issues.
• Leads and manages the work of bioinformatics analysis requiring assistance from the PIs and researcher involved in relevant projects.
• Collaborates with bioinformatics programmers and master’s level bioinformaticians on experimental design and methods for analyses. Provides positive and effective bioinformatics advice to lab and outside collaborators on joint projects.
• Contributes to teamwork within and between departments, divisions, programs and other organizations.
• Ensures work in the lab, division, program, department, and other organizations is performed in conformance with established hospital, program, state, and federal policies and procedures.

Minimum Requirements
Education:

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field

Experience:

• Two years of experience, including experience in bioinformatics consulting and analysis, assistance with protocol generation and grant writing, and collaboration in scientific writing.