2-year Postdoc in Computational Biomedical Science funded by the Turing Institute.

Join the Newcastle University Data Science team to tackle the challenges of data-driven Health Care.

See details at https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BOA272/research-assistant-associate-in-computational-biomedical-genetics-d165896r .

Salary:
£30,395 - £39,610 per annum (PhD awarded).
£27,831 - £29,515 per annum (PhD near completion).

Closing date: 7 December 2018.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Researcher in Computational Biomedical Genetics or Computational Biomedical Science to join a new multidisciplinary team to address some of the key data-driven challenges associated with a vision of Preventive, Predictive, Personalised, and Participatory (P4) medicine.

You will hold a PhD (or due completion) in Biomedical Genetics or Biomedical Science.

You will have significant experience in data analysis and statistical modelling or computational biology, and will explore statistical and machine learning methods, including Deep Learning, that leverage data obtained from self-monitoring devices along with genetic biomarkers to learn predictive models for the early detection of age-related diseases.

You will be enthusiastic about learning new techniques and tools in Data Science and statistical learning, and new data analytics techniques that apply specifically to medical and healthcare datasets and will be expected to engage actively with Turing Institute researchers.

The University holds a silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  The University also holds the HR Excellence in Research award for our work to support the career development of our researchers, and is a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

Please be advised that due to a new minimum salary threshold of £30,000 per annum imposed by the UKVI, this post may not qualify for University sponsorship under Tier 2 of the points based system.

Newcastle University is committed to being a fully inclusive Global University which actively recruits, supports and retains staff from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all our employees and the community they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, as well as being open to flexible working practices.

This is a fixed term post for 2 years.

Informal enquiries can be directed to Dr. Paolo Missier, School of Computing, paolo.missier@ncl.ac.uk.