Bioinformatics Analyst I, Part Time
Fred Hutch
About the Role
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases.
The Bioinformatics Analyst I provides highly specialized consulting and data analysis services to researchers at the Hutch and across the wider Fred Hutch/UW Cancer Consortium. This position requires the ability to work independently, manage multiple overlapping demands, and communicate effectively with faculty and research staff on a wide range of topics in biology and data science.
The Wu lab at Fred Hutch has an opening for a biostatistician with experience in biostatistics, bioinformatics, and computational biology. This position will work with Dr. Qian (Vicky) Wu in the Clinical Research Division to tackle issues in immunotherapy and correlative data analysis with lab data, through an approach that combines cutting-edge computational methods and clinical trials.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct data analysis on data from clinical trials.
- Develop and apply statistics, bioinformatics, and machine learning approaches on high-dimensional biomarker data.
- Develop statistical software, such as R Shiny tools.
- Weekly meeting with Dr. Wu to communicate results.
- Ensure appropriate coding and methods are used.
Requirements & Tech Stack
- BS degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics, or equivalent education.
- 0-2 years of work experience with bioinformatics in the relevant scientific domain.
- Proficiency in, at least, one modern scripting or programming language (Python, R, etc.).
- Effective use of shell scripting and significant fluency in R and Python are essential.
- Facility with commonly used Bioconductor packages, ggplot etc.
- Ability to generate and customize common data visualizations (e.g., PCA plots, volcano plots, Circos plots).
Qualifications
- MS degree in Statistics, Biostatistics, Bioinformatics or equivalent education (Preferred).
- Ability to learn new tools and content quickly and independently.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills are absolutely required.
- Good numeracy, literacy, and organizational skills.