Bioinformatician III-Environmental Medicine & Climate Science

The Bioinformatician III manages and organizes large datasets, and conducts statistical and genomic analysis. Uses software to gather, store, manipulate and analyzes research data.

The Bioinformatician III will work with a group of researchers/biologists on innovative genomic analyses of structural variation, epigenetics, and gene expression in an integrated environment combining experimental and bioinformatics approaches to human disease. The individual will support research projects by delivering bioinformatics services for bio-medical data from cutting-edge genomic technologies.

1. Applies computational techniques to design and implement analysis tools to solve computational and mathematical problems in gene-expression analyses.
2. Designs new algorithms focusing on solving problems in genomics.
3. May guide and/or train post-doctoral fellows, researchers, research residents, grad students and new staff in bioinformatics analysis.
4. Writes custom scripts for analysis of genomic data derived from high-throughput techniques.
5. Designs and implements bioinformatics tools and processes in order to analyze large scale datasets.
6. Identifies and resolves technical issues and proposes upgrades to current software.
7. Develop projects and work independently on a variety of bioinformatics analysis projects.
8. Manages databases, conducts statistical and genomic analysis, and participates in the preparation of manuscripts and presentations.
9. May be involved in sequence and structural analysis, data mining, or statistical modeling.
10. Collaborates with wet-bench biologists and work independently to analyze data derived from several types of projects using microarrays and high-throughput sequencing.
11. Conducts analysis of microarray and high-throughput sequencing data, genome sequence analysis, experimental design and statistical analysis.
12. May be involved in writing research papers and grant applications.
13. May give presentations both inside and outside of the institution.
14. Other related duties as assigned.

• M.S. in Biological Sciences, Bioinformatics, Computer Sciences, Statistics or related discipline, PhD preferred.
• Six years minimum experience required.
• Working experience with genetics or statistics analysis software and online resources.

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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