UNIV - Co-Director - Cancer Bioinformatics - Associate or Full Professor - Department of PHS

About the role

The Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Hollings Cancer Center (HCC), the Department of Public Health Sciences (DPHS), and the MUSC AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics seek a nationally recognized and dynamic leader to serve as the founding Co-Director of Cancer Bioinformatics in the HCC Data Science Shared Resource (DSSR).

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a cancer bioinformatics shared resource, including strategic planning, staffing, and budget management.
• Enable science through expert support in genetics, genomics, transcriptomics (bulk/single-cell), spatial omics, proteomics, imaging, and multi-omics integration; develop robust, reproducible pipelines, data governance, and QA/QC.
• Partner widely with basic, translational, clinical and population science cancer center investigators to co-develop projects, methods, and federally funded grants.
• Advance usage of institutional infrastructure for HPC/cloud, FAIR data management, EHR/clinical data integration, and secure computing compliant with HIPAA/IRB.
• Educate and upskill via workshops, consultations, and mentorship; foster an inclusive, collaborative environment that develops talent.
• Co-lead programmatic strategy with the DSSR Co-Director of Cancer Biostatistics and the Cancer Center leadership team.
• Serve as the liaison between Cancer Bioinformatics and the Biomedical Informatics I3 Common Core.
• Lead collaborative opportunities between HCC and the MUSC AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics.

Requirements

• PhD/ScD in bioinformatics, biostatistics, statistics, mathematics or other quantitative discipline.

Qualifications

• Robust track record of impactful cancer bioinformatics scholarship.
• Experience managing a bioinformatics team in a collaborative biomedical research environment.

Skills

• Expert support in genetics, genomics, transcriptomics (bulk/single-cell), spatial omics, proteomics, imaging, and multi-omics integration.
• Ability to develop robust, reproducible pipelines, data governance, and QA/QC.
• Strong partnership skills with cancer center investigators.
• Ability to educate and upskill via workshops, consultations, and mentorship.
• Ability to foster an inclusive, collaborative environment that develops talent.
• Experience leading a cancer bioinformatics shared resource.

Benefits

• Appointment in DPHS at the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the tenure track.
• Salary range: Not specified.
• Work schedule: 40 hours per week.
• Work shift: Continuous.

Pay

• Salary grade: University-00.
• Pay range: 0.00 - 0.00.

Schedule

• Work schedule: Continuous.

Contact Information

George Powell, Executive Assistant
MUSC AI Center for Health Innovation and Informatics
powellge@musc.edu