Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Molecular Epidemiology

At Fred Hutch, our interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists and humanitarians work together to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. Our researchers, including three Nobel laureates, bring a relentless pursuit of, and passion for, health knowledge and hope to their work and the world.

The incumbent will work with a multidisciplinary team of investigators within a prostate cancer research program. A major focus of the current research is on inherited genetic susceptibility and molecular biomarkers involved in the development and progression of prostate cancer. This role is not a bench research-based position.

• Assume responsibility for analyses of epidemiological, genetic, epigenetic and gene expression data from population-based case-control studies, a population-based cohort of prostate cancer patients, and a study of high-risk hereditary prostate cancer families
• Assist in the analyses of genetic/genomic/epigenomic variation in relation to prostate cancer risk and patient outcomes, including analyses of genome-wide association and linkage data, next-generation sequencing data, and genome-wide DNA methylation and gene expression data
• Help with development of new grants and initiation of new research projects
• Perform literature reviews
• Generate and summarize research findings for scientific presentations
• Prepare manuscripts for publication

• PhD in Epidemiology or related discipline
• Knowledge of SAS/STATA and R/Bioconductor
• Interest in prostate cancer genetics/genomics/epigenomics/molecular biology
• Experience in cancer epidemiology and molecular epidemiology
• At least one first-author, peer-reviewed publication
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Excellent writing and oral communication skills