Post Doctoral Fellow Mcv Main Campus
State of Virginia · Virginia
- Role
- Data scientist
- First seen
- Jul 6, 2026
- Closes
- Not listed
- Salary
- NIH minimum starting at $62,232
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Summary
A postdoctoral fellow position at Virginia Commonwealth University's Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics to study the genetic and phenotypic basis of complex traits, including neuropsychiatric and substance disorders. The role involves analyzing and developing computational pipelines for genetic data from the Asian Bipolar Genetics Network and large-scale biobanks. The fellow will work with phenotypic and genomic datasets under the co-mentorship of Drs. Kendler and Nguyen.
Key qualifications
- M.D. or Ph.D. in quantitative psychology, genetics, statistics, computational biology, bioinformatics, or similar quantitative discipline
- Strong publication record in genetics and genomics of complex traits
- Proficiency in Python or R and experience with high-performance computing environments
- Prior experience with genome-wide association studies (GWAS) or next-generation sequencing studies
- Experience with machine learning approaches and computational tools for complex traits analysis
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