Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Statistical Genetics

About the Role

The William Harvey Research Institute seeks researchers in Data Science, Statistical Genetics, and AI for Precision Cardiovascular Genomic Medicine. The focus is on enhancing CV disease diagnosis, prevention, and personalized therapy through deep phenotyping, polygenic risk scores, and molecular signatures. Researchers will collaborate with global experts to analyze diverse data from various sources, while AI specialists will develop tools for cardiovascular research under the Horizon Europe NextGen programme, aiming to create algorithms for CV disease prediction using multimodal patient data.

About You

You hold a PhD in computer-science, statistics, data science, or a related field. Expertise in data analysis, machine learning, AI techniques, and programming skills in R, Python, or similar languages, along with Unix/Linux experience, is essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

Global studies are exploring genetic, demographic, and lifestyle factors affecting cardiovascular disease (CVD) to improve diagnosis and treatment. The NIHR Barts Biomedical Research Centre collaborates with BHF-NIHR Cardiovascular Partnership and NextGen, a network of 21 organizations, to advance CVD research through clinical and multi-omic data.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, campus facilities and flexible working arrangements.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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