Postdoctoral Researcher
University Health Network
•2 weeks ago
Toronto, ON, CanadaFull-timeResearchC$55k – C$93k/yr
Skills & Technologies
PythonRAWSGCPMachine LearningPandasNumPyScikit-learnData SciencePatient Care
Core Requirements
- Awarded a PhD within the previous 5 years, or an MD or DDS within the previous 10 years in a relevant quantitative or biomedical discipline, including but not limited to: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology, or Quantitative Genomics, Biostatistics,  Data Science, Biomedical Engineering, or related fields.
- Demonstrated experience developing or applying computational or statistical pipelines to molecular, biological, clinical, or multi-omics data.
- Strong foundation in statistical and computational modeling and data analysis is required; experience with machine learning methods is considered an asset.
- Strong programming skills in Python and/or R, with experience in scientific computing and data analysis libraries (e.g., pandas, NumPy, SciPy, Bioconductor, scikit-learn).
- Experience working with large-scale biomedical datasets, such as multi-omics data, clinical genomics, electronic health record-derived data, or treatment-response datasets.
- Proficiency with reproducible workflow management systems such as Snakemake, Nextflow, or equivalent pipeline frameworks.
- Familiarity with cloud or high-performance computing environments, such as GCP, AWS, SLURM-based clusters, or equivalent infrastructure.
- Understanding of data harmonization, privacy-preserving analysis, secure distributed computing, or clinical data governance is highly desirable.
- Strong publication record, commensurate with career stage, in computational biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, biomedical data science, or related fields.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work collaboratively in interdisciplinary teams spanning computational biology, machine learning, software engineering, oncology, and clinical research.
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