Biostatistician 1

We are seeking a talented and motivated Bioinformatics Specialist (Biostatistician 1) at 100% FTE. The successful candidate will have expertise in bioinformatics / systems biology with a focus on analyzing omics data, including gene expression profiling, and will work in Dr. Bali Pulendran’s, laboratory at the Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection at Stanford University. The individual will join a dynamic, interdisciplinary group of researchers including immunologists, vaccinologists, clinicians, and bioinformaticians, to address major global health issues relating to vaccines and infectious diseases, funded by the National Institutes of Health and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The successful applicant will perform integrative analysis of omics profiling of the transcriptome, epigenome, and metabolome to discover biomarkers of vaccine efficacy and new biological insights about the human immune system.

The successful candidate will both lead and collaborate on projects aimed to using systems biological approaches to define the correlates and mechanisms of immunity to vaccination.

• Analyze and integrate omics datasets from multiple platforms (single cell RNA sequencing, single cell ATAC-sequencing, multidimensional flow cytometry and metabolomics).
• Work with a multi-disciplinary team of immunologists, clinicians and bioinformaticians to apply novel and complex statistical approaches to immunological data generated in clinical studies.
• Contribute to the development of bioinformatics workflows and pipelines.
• Collaborate with experimental immunologists in the analysis and visualization of omics data.
• Maintain a database of omics data generated in the lab.

Duties include :

The expected pay range for this position is $99,974 to $113,446 per annum.

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DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS :

The qualified applicants will have :

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED) :

Master's degree in biostatistics, statistics or related field.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED) :

CERTIFICATIONS & LICENSES :

None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

WORKING CONDITIONS :

May work extended or non-standard hours based on project or business cycle needs.