Doctoral Research Faculty - Genomic Medicine Center

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Children’s Mercy Kansas City is recruiting a Doctoral Research Faculty for its’
Genomic Medicine Center.

The candidate will be responsible for maintaining a successful research program within the Genomic Medicine Center, Department of Pediatrics. The candidate will lead research projects that incorporate large-scale genome sequencing data from pediatric patients applying genomic approaches to rare and common pediatric diseases. We are looking for excellent research scientists with a doctorate level degree at early-stage and mid-career faculty levels.

The candidates will have expertise in areas including computational biology, data science, human genetics, molecular/cell biology, medical genetics / genomics and share our passion for building a comprehensive translational research program intertwined with excellence in pediatric care.

Specific roles include but are not limited to:

• Serve as an investigator, co-investigator, sub-investigator, or consultant on investigator-initiated grant proposals and sponsored contracts.
• Implement innovative, state-of-the‑art methods in human genetic and genomic research
• Train and mentor undergraduate, graduate and junior faculty members

Among the first of its kind with a pediatric focus, the Genomic Medicine Center at Children's Mercy
Kansas City provides clinical genomic services and is an epicenter for a variety of genomic research including sequencing and analyzing rare and common diseases in children, immunogenomics, gene engineering, patient-cell modeling, bioethics and computational genomics.

Our flagship program Genomic Answers for Kids (GA4K) is changing the landscape of pediatric genomics through what may be the most advanced system for rare disease diagnosis in the world. The team has surpassed 2,000 rare diagnoses through their groundbreaking work—far out-pacing other rare disease research programs and continue to conduct cutting‑edge science that has led to a number of “firsts” in the field of genomics research.

GA4K has produced more than 2,000 genomes through a state-of-the‑art technique called HiFi sequencing that allows them to see more of the human genome than other techniques; is the first to use 5‑base sequencing in their genomic analyses, accelerating answers for kids with rare diseases through the sequencing of the full genome; and is the first to apply “human assembly” to their rare disease genomics work, building hundreds of genomes from scratch to capture the DNA that is missed by the human genome developed in 2014.

Leadership in HiFi genomic sequencing has allowed Children's Mercy to also launch this cutting‑edge technology clinically benefit ting even more patients beyond the research program.

At Children’s Mercy, we are committed to ensuring that everyone feels welcomed within our walls. A successful candidate for this position…