Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, SOM, Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease, Cohort

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Summary:

Unit:
School Of Medicine MBU

Department:
Institute for Liver Disease

The Stravitz‐Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health is recruiting a highly motivated postdoctoral fellow to join

Dr. Arun Sanyal’s lab. The research within the institute focuses ontackling liver diseases with new ways to prevent, reverse and curethem. Our team of highly specialized physician-scientists conductscutting-edge investigations through benchmark research and clinical trials across a broad spectrum of diseases and conditions relatedto liver. The Institute engages in multiple partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions to acceleratetranslational research. You will work alongside luminaries and keyopinion leaders in the fields of liver and metabolic health to accelerate and translate discoveries into clinical practice.

This postdoctoral position will work on the development ofcomputational and analytic methods for the analysis of largepopulation scale datasets. You will work with multi-modal imaging,lifestyle, and genomic datasets including UKBiobank, TriNetX andEHR data.

Postdoctoral employment is normally limited to an individual whohas been awarded a doctoral degree within the previous five years.

This is a 12-month appointment with the possibility of renewal (foran additional 1-2 years in one-year increments) contingent upon satisfactory performance and the availability of funding. Salarywill be commensurate with education and experience. Salary is basedon NRSA scale for postdoctoral stipends – NOT-OD-25-105. This position will remain open until filled. The University will performbackground checks on all new hires prior to employment.

• Ph.D. in Computational Biology, Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Statistics, Biostatistics or related fields.
• Excellent computational skills: proficiency in R and Python, RShiny, high-performance computing
• Excellent record of scientific contributions, publications, and presentations: primary or key author on one or more majorpresentations and papers.
• Experience working with large-scale data; familiarity withimaging analysis, image registration, natural language processingis a plus.
• Experience working in collaborative environment, ability towork on multiple projects, and shifting priorities to meet deadlines.
• Creativity, curiosity, high energy, and the desire, persistence and ability to create scientific advances in biomedical science.
• Independence, scientific rigor and critical thinking

$62,232

• All VCU employee types are eligible for a wide array of benefits to support you during your employment at VCU.
• Consult the benefits website for information on benefits eligibility according to employee type.

Exempt

40

Fully Onsite

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is apremier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond.

Accounting for almost half of VCU’s sponsored research, the Schoolof Medicine is internationally recognized for patient care and education.

Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity.

Non-Faculty

Contact Name:
Demetria Patterson

Contact Email: demetria.patterson1