Research assistant (hourly employment) for project on bioinformatics in pharmacogenomics

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics conducts research in epidemiology and biostatistics across a broad range of areas within biomedical science. The department is among the largest of its type in Europe and has especially strong research profiles in psychiatric, cancer, reproductive, pediatric, pharmaco, genetic, and geriatric epidemiology, eating disorders, precision medicine, and biostatistics.

Part of the success of our department is due to our collaborative spirit where one factor is that researchers at the Department share and co-finance common resources (e.g., IT and an applied biostatistics group). The department is situated at campus Solna. Further information can be found at http://ki.se/en/meb.

In our research group, we aim to develop and apply computational methods and statistical methods for analyzes of multiomics data from complex diseases in the population.

Your mission

The advent of high-throughput technologies has produced an avalanche of omics data and revolutionized medical research. This project focuses on developing computational and statistical methodologies for analyses of omics data and drug data from human diseases. The candidate will work on analysis of next-generation sequencing data and drug data using pharmacogenomics data. The candidate will also be involved in developing statistical models for drug response prediction and drug-disease prediction.

The position is an hourly employment with approximately 1-2 hours per week depending on project requirement.

Your profile

- Strong background in mathematics and statistics.
- Experience with statistical learning methods for medical/omics data
- Strong experience with programming using R, Python, C/C++, Matlab

We attach great importance to personal qualities in this recruitment. As a person, you are well-informed and curious concerning issues of health, biology and statistical problems; thoroughness in dealing with research data; interest and persistence in learning new tasks; ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary group. Fluency in oral and written English is required.

What do we offer?

International staff
Choose to work at KI – Ten reasons why

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote a better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several good benefits through our collective agreement. And you get to practice freely in our modern wellness facilities, where trained staff are on site.

Location: Solna

Application

Welcome to apply!

In this recruitment, you will apply with your CV without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer some questions about why you are applying for the job in the application form.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

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