Perform research of a highly complex nature. Lead research projects and perform near to totally independent research. Exercise discretion and independent judgment to develop design of research to test hypotheses. Devise new or modify existing methods and develop procedures to meet new conditions. Effective communication skills as well as efficient data administration and bioinformatics analysis competencies are critical to the success of this position because they will be used in establishing procedures, writing specifications, programming, documenting, and analyzing data, and preparing manuscripts for presentation and publication.
About the Department:
The mission of the Vanderbilt Center for Quantitative Sciences (CQS) is to coordinate and integrate the work of Vanderbilt University and Medical Center quantitative scientists across the disciplines of biostatistics, bioinformatics, biomathematics, computational biology, biomedical engineering, and other related fields, with the end goal of building bridges and streamlining quantitative collaboration for improved biomedical research. CQS members have expertise in basic science as well as clinical/translational studies, with a particular interest in high-dimensional data, including proteomic, genomic, lipidomic, and metabolomic research. The center is available to all university and medical center investigators, offering collaborative support spanning traditional statistical inputs (e.g., experimental design, sample size determination, power analysis, conventional data analysis and results interpretation), to novel statistical and bioinformatic approaches for modern technologies (e.g., advanced sample size determination for next-generation sequencing, multivariate modeling for high-dimensional data), to systems and computational biology approaches for asking questions and modeling results.
Position Shift:
- Full Time/Exempt Position
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KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Independently oversee research projects and perform near to totally independent research.
- Supervise, plan, design and implement research projects
- Establish protocol(s); define data collection, evaluation, and analysis procedures
- Exercise discretion and independent judgment to develop methods and procedures for operation of complex scientific equipment
- Supervise set-up and operation of various scientific experiments involving complex apparatus and equipment
- Contribute to research to merit serving as author or co-author on research publications, etc.
- Develop and apply bioinformatics tools to process, analyze, and interpret high throughput datasets, including DNA-seq, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq and single cell RNA-seq.
- Assist principal investigator in preparation of grant applications and contract proposals
- Apply biological and statistical knowledge to draw rigorous, actionable conclusions form complex data sets.
- Communicate findings internally and externally.
- Collaborate with groups across the institution to support research projects.
- Participate in the preparation of written reports and oral presentations summarizing data analysis results, including detailed description of bioinformatics methods, detailed analysis of results, and synthesis of conclusions from summary tables.
- Take initiative to acquire new bioinformatics, statistical or programming skills as needed.
- Present research findings as needed
- Responsible for plan and coordination of literature and library searches and data collection programs
- Develop reports of results, graphs, charts, tables, etc. of research findings
- Supervise writing, reviewing, and editing of various materials for publication
- Provide supervisory responsibility to staff
- Train and supervise technical staff, medical and graduate students
- Provide technical guidance to students, post-doctoral fellows and faculty as required
- Make recommendations to principal investigator regarding staff, supply and equipment needs for research projects
- Maintain open communication between department and others
- Open contact as needed with principal investigator, collaborating professionals,