UNIV - Co-Director - Cancer Bioinformatics - Associate or Full Professor - Department of PHS

Job Description Summary The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center (HCC), the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS), and the MUSC AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics seek a nationally recognized and dynamic leader to serve as the founding Co-Director of Cancer Bioinformatics in the HCC Data Science Shared Resource (DSSR). The ideal candidate will have a robust track record of impactful cancer bioinformatics scholarship and experience managing a bioinformatics team in a collaborative biomedical research environment.

The Co-Director will partner with university and cancer center stakeholders to develop and implement a strategic vision to build an integrative bioinformatics resource that supports the current and rapidly evolving bioinformatics needs of cancer center basic, translational, clinical and population science researchers. Reporting to both the Cancer Center Director and the DPHS Chair, the successful candidate will co-lead the DSSR with the Cancer Biostatistics Co-Director and develop a high-performing team of collaborative cancer bioinformaticians from within the MUSC science community and through external faculty recruitments focused on research aligned with cancer center priorities.

The Co-Director will be appointed in DPHS at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the tenure track.

Build and lead a cancer bioinformatics shared resource, including strategic planning, staffing, and budget management. Enable science through expert support in genetics, genomics, transcriptomics (bulk/single-cell), spatial omics, proteomics, imaging, and multi-omics integration; develop robust, reproducible pipelines, data governance, and QA/QC. Partner widely with basic, translational, clinical and population science cancer center investigators to co-develop projects, methods, and federally funded grants. Advance usage of institutional infrastructure for HPC/cloud, FAIR data management, EHR/clinical data integration, and secure computing compliant with HIPAA/IRB.

Educate and upskill via workshops, consultations, and mentorship; foster an inclusive, collaborative environment that develops talent. Co-lead programmatic strategy with the DSSR Co-Director of Cancer Biostatistics and the Cancer Center leadership team. Serve as the liaison between Cancer Bioinformatics and the Biomedical Informatics I3 Common Core. Lead collaborative opportunities between HCC and the MUSC AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics.

Founded in 1824, The Medical University of South Carolina continues the tradition of excellence in education, research, and patient care. MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 1,000 residents in six colleges and has more than 34,000 employees, including approximately 1,500 faculty members. As the state’s only academic health science center and largest non-federal employer in Charleston, the university and its affiliates have collective annual budgets of over $8.9 billion, with annual research funding of over $349 million.

MUSC operates a 700-bed medical center, which includes a nationally recognized children's hospital, the NCI-designated Hollings Cancer Center, a Level I trauma center, the Institute of Psychiatry, more than 100 outreach locations across the state, and South Carolina’s only transplant center.

The Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina is the only National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Cancer Center in South Carolina, serving 5.2M residents. HCC is part of an elite network of 73 NCI-designated cancer centers across the country and is recognized for its dedication to delivering cutting-edge treatments…