Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Informatics

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Biomedical Informatics

Posting Number: req
24507

Department: BIO5 Institute

Department Website: https://bio
5.org/

Location: Main Campus, Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights:

The laboratory of Michael Hammer in the BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona is seeking a Postdoctoral fellow for a full‑time, one‑to‑three year fellowship in biomedical informatics or health informatics. The laboratory focuses on cutting‑edge research at the intersection of pediatric rare disease and biomedical informatics. The project involves:

• Data analysis using a longitudinal registry of patients with a rare pediatric epilepsy
• Developing and applying statistical and analytical methods to medical, developmental, and genetic data for biomedical discovery
• Research aimed at precision health (early detection, classification, and prediction of future outcomes)

The Postdoctoral Fellow (“postdoc”) will oversee the clinical and operational management of the International SCN8A Registry (“Registry”) and its associated data, ensuring data quality and compliance with research protocols. The Registry is an online caregiver‑reported database initiated in 2014 that tracks the natural history of a severe pediatric epilepsy syndrome with diverse clinical manifestations. With over 500 international participants, the Registry is a definitive resource for SCN8A research and has already resulted in over 15 peer‑reviewed publications.

The postdoc will work in collaboration with the Principal Investigator and oversee management of all Registry operations, including development of study procedures and protocols, managing and cleaning data, coordinating IRB activities, generating database reports, performing data analyses, and preparing manuscripts. The postdoc will also oversee the production of infographics explaining the science to lay audiences and the visualization of individual patient profiles.

Projects will involve computational and statistical expertise (coding, data manipulation and visualization, machine learning protocols).

The BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona brings together world‑class researchers and innovators from five core disciplines—agriculture, engineering, medicine, pharmacy, and science—to collaborate for the purpose of solving today’s most complex and critical problems.

This position is available immediately; schedule and geographic location are flexible, and it can be part‑time or full‑time.

Outstanding U of A benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to recreation and cultural activities; and more.

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Duties & Responsibilities

• Become an active member of the lab and work independently in medical informatics research under the guidance of Michael Hammer.
• Design, implement, and evaluate analytical methods and information systems that collect, manage, and analyze data relevant to disease spectrum, associations among disease features and genotype‑phenotype correlations, and disease outcomes.
• Maintain the REDCap database, keep it up‑to‑date, and provide reports when requested.
• Evaluate and clean data, create analytic datasets, and keep appropriate records of all research activities.
• Stay current with the scientific literature, participate in scientific discussions with lab and department members, and attend mandatory lab meetings.
• Work on multiple aspects of research projects to develop skills as an independent researcher.
• Supervise students collaborating in the lab.
• Develop relevant social media content to provide condition awareness and recruitment.
• Produce scientific abstracts, manuscripts, and research proposals and present at local work‑in‑progress sessions, national symposia, and international scientific conferences.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Ability to work in a highly collaborative environment.
• Ability to interact successfully with various team members, including clinicians, researchers, IT staff, families, and scientists across domains.

Minimum Qualifications

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