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• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit: n/a
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary: n/a
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Salary Range: $63,345 - $75,000

Position Summary

We seek a motivated, independent, but team-oriented Data Analyst support research broadly involving human genetic studies of kidney disease and related traits in humans, including genetic studies of kidney transplantation outcomes. This position will involve the analysis of large scale genetic, epidemiologic, and electronic health records datasets. This work will be directly relevant to clinical medicine and will be performed in close collaboration with other investigators in our group.

Responsibilities

• Apply statistical principles and methods relevant to computational genomics to execute genetic analyses as required by the funded research projects.
• Contribute to the collaborative projects performed by the lab.
• Participate in the analysis of genetic data generated by projects that may include eMERGE (Electronic Medical Records and Genomics), UK Biobank, All-of-Us, KPMP (Kidney Precision Medicine Project) and the APOLLO (APOL1 Long-term Kidney Transplantation Outcomes).
• Work with exome or genome sequence and RNA sequence data.
• Assist with genome and transcriptome interpretation.
• Supervise and teach students, post-docs, or junior analysts.
• Attend all required team meetings on a regular basis.
• Perform other related duties as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor???s degree or equivalent in education and experience, plus three years of related experience
• Graduate degree in a related field of study would substitute for experience
• Advanced working knowledge in Stata

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong programming skills
• Prior exposure to biostatistics
• Background in the analysis of GWAS, exome sequencing, and genome sequencing data
• Experience with cloud computing

Other Requirements

• Successful completion of applicable compliance and system training requirements

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