The Channing Division of Network Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital is looking for an exceptional postdoctoral fellow to join the Systems Genetics and Genomics group to advance research in complex diseases, focusing on the development of polygenic risk scores and their application in multi-omic recall-by-genotype study designs for unraveling mechanistic insights of complex traits such as diabetes and obesity in African populations. The fellow will work with an interdisciplinary team of geneticists and genetic epidemiologists, biostatisticians, computational biologists, translational scientists, and clinicians. The candidate will work directly with Dr Tinashe Chikowore, a faculty member in the Systems Genetics and Genomics group within the Channing Division of Network Medicine.

Qualified candidates should have a PhD in bioinformatics, genetic epidemiology, statistics, mathematics, physics, or a related quantitative field and strong programming skills in R, Python and Bash. Previous experience in the analysis of polygenic risk scores, genetic association studies, or other Omics data is mandatory. Candidates should have excellent communication (oral and written) and documentation skills; the ability to adhere to reproducible research standards; the ability to work well in teams and interact with all levels of staff; the drive to pursue challenging scientific questions; and the ability to learn new skills and analytic techniques readily.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is a Harvard Medical School-affiliated institution with over 1000 principal investigators and the largest recipient of NIH funding among independent hospitals. The Channing Division of Network Medicine is a research division within the Department of Medicine whose goal is to define the etiology and reclassify complex diseases using network- and systems-based approaches. This group includes some of the largest population-based cohorts in the world and an outstanding track record of mentoring. BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives, and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Brigham & Women’s Hospital (BWH) strives to keep its workplace safe and secure for the protection of patients, visitors, and staff. Therefore, our offer of employment is contingent upon completion of the following items.