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Job Title: Post-Doctoral Associate
The Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics (B&B) at the Duke University School of Medicine engages in methodological and collaborative research, providing international and regional leadership in biostatistics, genomics, biomedical informatics, artificial intelligence and health data science. We are recruiting a creative, rigorous Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Dr. William Majoros’ team to design and deploy new methods on large-scale datasets (e.g., NIH-funded and consortia resources). You will:
Key Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications: The candidate should hold a Ph.D. (or equivalent) in Computer Science, Biostatistics/Statistics, Mathematics, or a related field by the start date.
Skills:
We welcome candidates grounded in one or more of the following:
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