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Ohio University Bioinformatics Data Analyst, Part-time - Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, Ohio
Job Description:
About the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine:
Mission:
We pride ourselves on our strong focus on our mission: training osteopathic primary care physicians to serve Ohio.
Our medical school educates physicians committed to practice in Ohio, emphasizes primary care, engages in focused research, and embraces both Appalachian and urban communities. Integral to this mission, our college community commits itself to: provide a clinically integrated, learning-centered, osteopathic medical education continuum for students, interns, residents and primary care associates; embrace public service; and improve the health and well-being of underserved populations.
Vision:
The Heritage College is recognized as the national leader in training osteopathic primary care physicians and the number one producer of primary care physicians in the country.
Essential Values:
These fundamental principles form the foundation of the culture at our college: wholeness and balance within each person; integrity; community of mutual respect; acceptance of others; pursuit of excellence; a climate of scholarship; and commitment to service, generosity and compassion.
Our Campuses:
https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/about/campuses
Why Choose Ohio University?
https://www.ohio.edu/hr/jobs/working-ohio
https://www.ohio.edu/medicine/community-health
https://www.ohio.edu/hr/benefits
About the Edison Biotechnology Institute
https://www.ohio.edu/research/biotech
Position Summary:
The Bioinformatics Data Analyst will focus on supporting data analysis and project execution by performing basic sequencing data cleaning, pre-processing, and analysis using standard bioinformatics tools, under the guidance of senior scientists. This role will contribute to the development and execution of bioinformatics pipelines, collaborate with team members to interpret results, and assist in generating reports and visualizations. The role will also involve writing and optimizing scripts in programming languages such as Python and R to automate tasks, ensuring efficient data handling and processing workflows.
Position Responsibilities:
Download and organize large biological datasets from public repositories, perform quality checks and data cleaning procedures, and manage and maintain data within established databases.
Execute standard bioinformatics pipelines for sequence alignment, variant calling, gene expression analysis, and others, utilize existing bioinformatics packages to analyze genomic data, and generate basic data visualizations and summary statistics.
Write basic scripts in programming languages such as Python and R to automate data processing tasks, while learning and implementing best practices for data analysis.
Participate in team meetings and discussions with senior scientists to contribute to project design and execution.
Stay updated with current scientific literature in the bioinformatics field and assist in identifying appropriate or improved analysis methods based on research objectives.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master’s degree in bioinformatics, computer science, or related field
1 year of related professional experience
Planning Unit: Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
Department: HCOM - Aging Institute
Applicants may contact this person if they have questions about this position: Jordyn Stimel, jordyn.stimel@ohio.edu
Employment Type: part-time term
Advertised Salary:
The approved hiring range for this position is $16.84 – $21.48 per hour. Offers outside of this range are subject to additional approvals. The final offer will be commensurate with the candidate’s education and experience in relation to the minimum qualifications for the position.