Biostatistician / Computational Biologist in Statistical Genetics of Complex Eye Diseases
Ocular Genomics Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear and Harvard Medical School
POSITION SUMMARY:
We are seeking a highly qualified and motivated Biostatistician with a strong background in statistics and computational biology to study the genetic and biological causes of complex eye diseases, including glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy, and differential drug response. The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. Ayellet Segre and Dr. Janey Wiggs in the Ocular Genomic Institute and Department of Ophthalmology at Massachusetts Eye and Ear (MEE). MEE is a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School and is an international leader for treatment and research in both Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. Dr. Wiggs, a glaucoma specialist at MEE, studies the genetic basis of common and rare forms of glaucoma, and leads the largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analyses for primary open angle glaucoma, with national and international collaborators. Dr. Segre develops and applies new statistical and computational methods that integrate functional genomics (e.g., eQTLs, single cell RNA-seq data) data with large-scale human association and sequencing studies to identify causal regulatory mechanisms, genes and pathways that lead to common eye diseases, with the ultimate goal of proposing new preventative and therapeutic targets for eye disease. To learn more about the labs please visit:
The successful candidate will have a strong background in statistics, statistical genetics, computational genomics, bioinformatics, or a related quantitative field, and strong programming skills, and should be excited to contribute to advancing the science and medicine of eye disease. Research experience with large-scale genomic data desired. Research projects will involve statistical analyses of GWAS, whole genome and whole exome sequencing data, and large-scale genotype and phenotype data from the UK Biobank, and integration with functional genomic data, to identify novel genetic risk factors and biological processes associated with complex eye diseases.
If interested, please send your CV, a cover letter describing your previous research experience and future research interests, and contact information for 3 references to Dr. Ayellet Segre: ayellet_segre [at] meei [dot] harvard [dot] edu.
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The Segre and Wiggs labs are located in the main hospital building of Mass Eye and Ear (MEE), 243 Charles Street, in standard research and office work spaces of the Ocular Genomics Institute at MEE. The candidate will work amongst a team of other computational biologists, data scientists, and students in the Ocular Genomics Institute, and will be part of a larger multidisciplinary research environment, which includes geneticists, clinical scientists, and experimental biologists. The candidate will have the opportunity to interact and collaborate with the Medical and Population Genetics community at the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, with whom our labs are affiliated. Given the COVID-19 pandemic, work is currently mostly remote, but the hospital policy is constantly being revised.
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