2017年密歇根大学安娜堡分校医学院招聘生物信息学方向访问学者

Research faculty position

Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics

University of Michigan, Medical School

Position Description: The Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics (DCMB) invites applications from outstanding candidates for a junior level research track faculty position. This is an exciting opportunity to jumpstart your career with high impact research projects and the potential to advance to an independent principal investigator at the University of Michigan. The position will involve integrative analyses of data from various high-throughput molecular approaches (epigenomics, regulomics, transcriptomics, and genomics) with a focus on projects related to cancer and environmental health, and will be supervised by Dr. Maureen Sartor. Specific research topics and balance between analysis and methods/tool development will be determined based on the expertise and interests of the applicant. You will have a lead role in Dr. Sartor’s laboratory, working closely with her bioinformatics and biostatistics graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and bioinformatics software developer. The position will benit from a mentoring committee, and support from an outstanding team of bioinformaticians, the UM Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Dr. Sartor’s collaborators in the Medical School and School of Public Health.

Current projects range from a new epigenomics-related Transformative R01 funded by NIEHS to multiple NCI-funded projects studying molecular profiles of head and neck cancers to developing software tools for functional enrichment testing and analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation and hydroxymethylation data. Many opportunities for publications as part of our team science forts exist. Depending on the applicant, entry into the Research Investigator or Research Assistant Professor position will be considered.

The University of Michigan Medical School provides an outstanding environment for cutting-edge research and premiere opportunities for professional development. DCMB currently has 18 faculty members and 13 joint faculty, and our Bioinformatics Graduate Program attracts top national and international students.

Qualifications: Ph.D. degree in bioinformatics, biostatistics, or a related field, and a strong track record of relevant publications. Proficiency in one or more programming languages (python, R etc) and git, and have experience working with high-throughput molecular data (RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, DNA methylation), prerably in the fields of cancer and/or environmental health. Successful applicants will also demonstrate excellent communication skills and a strong desire to succeed as an independent researcher.

学校简介：

密歇根大学安娜堡分校(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)是美国密歇根州的一所著名公立大学，于1817年建校，是美国历史最悠久的大学之一，在世界范围内享有盛誉。

密大建校以来，在各学科领域中成就卓著并拥有巨大影响，多项调查显示该大学超过70%的专业排在全美前10名，被誉为"公立常春藤"，与加州大学伯克利分校以及威斯康辛大学素有"公立大学典范"之称。密大同时也是美国重要的学术联盟美国大学联合会的14个发起者之一。因为高质量的教育，该校的学术水平和校友质量都很高。其校友中包括1位美国总统、22位诺贝尔奖得主、8位美国国家航空航天局宇航员、18位普利策奖得主、25名罗兹学术奖得主、30多位各个大学的校长、上百位文艺娱乐界明星、上千位著名运动员以及不可计数的各行业的精英。