Bioinformatics Analyst

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is a global leader in pediatric research and care, seeking a Bioinformatics Analyst who is passionate about solving complex biological problems. The role focuses on analyzing and visualizing large-scale multiomics datasets while contributing biological insights to data interpretation and developing web-based tools for data sharing.

Responsibilities

• Curates, annotates and organizes various types of biomedical data (e.g., genomic, clinical, imaging, sequencing) in various formats (e.g., flat files, relational and non-relational databases)
• Collects and records appropriate metadata
• Ensures data are securely stored yet highly accessible to authorized users
• Executes pipelines for curating, processing and analyzing biomedical data of various types (e.g., genomic, clinical, imaging, sequencing)
• Utilizes existing software to support complex data management tasks (e.g., sequence alignment, variant calling, inter-sample comparison, patient matching/linkage)
• Utilizes web-based bioinformatics tools and public/proprietary relational databases
• Follows standard operating procedures
• Works in collaboration with both technology and scientific teams
• Interfaces with clinicians/researchers to collect requirements of basic to moderate complexity including user workflows
• Contributes to problem-solving and solution evaluation
• Contributes to the evaluation and development of software solutions to support basic to moderately complex data workflows
• Under general supervision, assists with implementation and testing efforts
• Effectively communicates the status of all efforts to necessary parties
• Utilizes project and time management skills to complete projects within specific timeframes
• Contributes to analyses and publications
• Generates reports and figures for publications
• Assists with materials for publications and scientific meetings
• Works closely with biostaticians on the production of publication and presentation materials

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• 0+ years of work experience in a related job discipline
• Master's or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Statistics, Biology, or a related field
• Proficiency in R or Python, GitHub, and Microsoft Office
• Experience with analytic frameworks such as Seurat or Scanpy
• Strong knowledge of web technologies including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, and R Shiny
• Experience in database design and web application development
• Background in functional genomics and basic statistics
• Understanding of biological systems or disease mechanisms
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Effective communication and collaboration skills
• Demonstrated time management and presentation capabilities

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