Postdoctoral Associate- Biostatistics and Mass Spectrometry
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Location: Houston, TX
- Job Number: 7315611 (Ref #: 23135-en_US)
- Posting Date: Newly posted
Job Description
Summary
The Division of Surgical Oncology is seeking an enthusiastic Postdoctoral Associate (Ph.D.) with a strong background in bioinformatics, statistics, and/or computer science to join the Eberlin Lab for Medical Mass Spectrometry. These skills would be applied to large mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry imaging datasets for clinical research, focusing on malignancies including breast and lung cancer and intraoperative studies.
Job Duties
- Develops, implements and manages computational workflows and data analysis pipelines for processing and interpreting mass spectrometry and mass spectrometry imaging data.
- Conducts git versioning control of R-based lab-wide scripts for basic statistical analysis and preprocessing.
- Performs statistical analyses on large datasets to provide biological insights.
- Integrates mass spectrometry imaging data with other multimodal imaging techniques (e.g., spatial transcriptomics) for comprehensive spatial analysis.
- Establishes new research protocols and procedures, including in computational tasks where data visualization, preprocessing, or interpretation can be improved.
- Devises and deploys custom machine learning approaches where applicable.
- Provides feedback and guidance to wet-lab scientists on experimental design.
- Summarizes research findings and publish results in research journals.
- Assist with grant proposal writing and progress reports.
- Leads clinical studies and participates in research involving human subjects.
- Supports supervision of research staff, including graduate and undergraduate students.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Computer/Data Science, Statistics or a related field.
- Experience with statistical analysis, including but not limited to regression analysis and machine learning.
- Self-motivated, with an ability to drive projects forward to meet deadlines.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
