Indiana University
Postdoctoral Fellow in Medicine
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, 47401
A postdoctoral position is immediately available in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, and Occupational Medicine in the Department of Medicine. This position will be involved in a combined applied and methodological genetics project. This project will focus on the development and implementation of ancestry (admixture) based detection and characterization of genetic and environmental exposure risk factors in asthma.
Key functions will include:
Key Functions
Perform genome-wide admixture and association analysis, implement ancestry-environmental exposure interaction analysis, data simulation and imputation. Participate in development and testing statistical methods for admixed human datasets. Omics (genome, transcriptome, microbiome, epigenome) data integration and functional (ENCODE, Roadmap Epigenomics, GTEx) data mining. Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city in the State of Indiana. It is growing economically thanks to a strong corporate base anchored by the life sciences. Indiana is home to one of the largest concentrations of health sciences companies in the nation. Indianapolis has a sophisticated blend of charm and culture with a wonderful balance of business and leisure. The growing residential base is supported by rich amenities and quality of life – the city possesses a variety of professional sports, arts venues and outdoor recreation areas. Residents of this dynamic city, and surrounding suburbs, enjoy leading educational systems and top-ranked universities, paired with a diverse population. Indianapolis International Airport is a top-ranked international airport, being named “Best Airport in North America” by Airports Council International for many years. IUSM is committed to being a welcoming campus community and we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning and working environments for all students, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana.
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Perform genome-wide admixture and association analysis, implement ancestry-environmental exposure interaction analysis, data simulation and imputation. Participate in development and testing statistical methods for admixed human datasets. Omics (genome, transcriptome, microbiome, epigenome) data integration and functional (ENCODE, Roadmap Epigenomics, GTEx) data mining. Indianapolis is the capital and most populous city in the State of Indiana. It is growing economically thanks to a strong corporate base anchored by the life sciences. Indiana is home to one of the largest concentrations of health sciences companies in the nation. Indianapolis has a sophisticated blend of charm and culture with a wonderful balance of business and leisure. The growing residential base is supported by rich amenities and quality of life – the city possesses a variety of professional sports, arts venues and outdoor recreation areas. Residents of this dynamic city, and surrounding suburbs, enjoy leading educational systems and top-ranked universities, paired with a diverse population. Indianapolis International Airport is a top-ranked international airport, being named “Best Airport in North America” by Airports Council International for many years. IUSM is committed to being a welcoming campus community and we seek candidates whose research, teaching, and community engagement efforts contribute to robust learning and working environments for all students, staff, and faculty. We invite individuals who will join us in our mission to improve health equity and well-being for all throughout the state of Indiana.
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