Postdoctoral Scholar - Public Health Sciences

This is a term position; length of the term will be discussed during the interview process. Continuation past the term length discussed will be based on university need, performance, and/or availability of funding.

About the role

The Department of Public Health Sciences is seeking a postdoctoral scholar. The overall goal is to:

• Develop and apply statistical genomic methods to analyze multi-omics datasets for understanding complex disease etiology.
• Develop and apply novel statistical models to analyze EHR data.

The postdoctoral fellow, under the mentorship of Dr. Dajiang Liu (https://dajiangliu.blog), is expected to work on at least one of these objectives.

Requirements

• A Ph.D. in statistics/biostatistics, computer science, bioinformatics, or other related disciplines is required.
• Strong interest, research background, and experience in methodology research in statistical genomics, machine/deep learning, or bioinformatics methods in -omics data are preferred.
• Demonstrated evidence of excellent programming, collaboration, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review literature, design and implement methods, analyze data, summarize study results, and draft manuscripts.
• Work closely with the team to publish research findings in high-impact journals and present at scientific conferences.

Benefits

Penn State provides a competitive benefits package for full-time employees designed to support both personal and professional well-being. For more detailed information, please visit the Benefits Page. (For Postdoctoral benefits, please see the Postdoctoral Benefits page.)