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Post Doc Research Associate

On-siteIndianapolis, Indiana, United States

Full TimeEntry LevelDoctorate Or Professional DegreeLarge

Job Summary

Lead independent and collaborative research projects developing bioinformatics, pharmacogenomics, AI, machine learning, and deep learning methods for biomedical discovery. Analyze and integrate large-scale datasets including omics, pharmacogenomics, drug databases, knowledge graphs, and clinical molecular data to build computational pipelines for drug response prediction and therapeutic target identification. Develop predictive models, NLP/LLM applications, and AI-enabled analytic frameworks while leading manuscript preparation and contributing to grant proposals. Collaborate with multidisciplinary stakeholders across institutions to advance precision therapeutics.

Required Qualifications

  • Ph.D. or equivalent degree in a related field, such as bioinformatics, biomedical informatics, computer science, computational biology, biostatistics, pharmacogenomics, biomedical engineering, health data science, or a related discipline
  • Demonstrated research experience in one or more of the following areas: bioinformatics; pharmacogenomics; artificial intelligence; machine learning or deep learning; pharmacogenomics; computational biology; drug discovery; network medicine; NLP/large language models; or precision medicine
  • Strong programming skills in Python, R, SQL, or related languages
  • Strong written and oral communication skills, with evidence of scholarly productivity, including peer-reviewed publications or conference presentations
  • Ability to work effectively with diverse multidisciplinary teams, including clinicians, biomedical scientists, informaticians, and data scientists

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with omics data, pharmacogenomics data, drug databases, biomedical ontologies, knowledge graphs, or large-scale biomedical datasets is highly desirable

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