Bioinformatics Research Scientist - St. Jude Cloud

About St. Jude

There's a reason St. Jude Children's Research Hospital consistently earns a Glassdoor Employee Choice Award and is named to its "Best Place to Work" list. At our world-class pediatric research hospital, every one of our professionals shares our commitment to make a difference in the lives of the children we serve. There is a unique bond when you are part of a team that gives their all to advance the treatments and cures of pediatric catastrophic diseases.

The result is a collaborative, positive environment where everyone, regardless of their role, receives the resources, support, and encouragement to advance and grow their careers.

This position is based in Memphis, TN; relocation assistance is available. Memphis is a family-friendly metropolitan area that more than a million residents call home. Memphis is recognized for its world-class music, food, and hospitality. Cost of living is one of our biggest attractions; in fact, Money listed Memphis as one of the least expensive cities in which to raise a child.

Mild winters and beautiful green spaces make the city a magnet for outdoor enthusiasts - there are over 200 miles of bike-friendly lanes with more being added. Forbes recently named Memphis the 4th happiest city in which to work. Why live anywhere else?

St. Jude is seeking a bioinformatics scientist to lead and participate in the development of multiple scientific products and initiatives on the St. Jude Cloud project. This position will work on a wide array of scientific problems applicable to large-scale pediatric cancer data sharing. Concretely, this role will work within the product team that develops the pediatric cancer reference knowledgebase, PeCan ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).),

to catalog harmonize and catalog this world-class resource for pediatric cancer genomics knowledge. Further, this role will participate in cross‑ecosystem projects, such as developing the comprehensive diagnosis ontology used across St. Jude Cloud applications and collecting/harmonizing the catalog of scientific information shared through St. Jude Cloud. Finally, this position will participate in the development and publishing of bioinformatics workflows that are used to harmonize data published on St.

Jude Cloud.

• Independently perform basic and advanced level statistical analysis, algorithm implementation, programming from a variety of biotechnology platforms, and oversee quality check.
• Design and prepare materials and courses for training on various bioinformatics software and databases, computing, data mining, and analysis.
• Act as a liaison between end users, software developers, system designers, and different departments.
• Establish protocols or best practices for common research tasks and SOP, evaluate products and solutions to make recommendations, and integrate solutions.
• Lead the development, implementation, installation, and maintenance of databases; coordinate data collection, database implementation, and usage and any hardware and software related to database collection.
• Develop programs to assist in the analysis of data within the databases.
• Assist in planning, coordinating, and organizing projects across departments and delegate tasks based on priority, expertise, and capacity.
• Perform other duties as assigned to meet the goals and objectives of the department and institution.
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance.

• Bachelor's degree in bioinformatics, cheminformatics, statistics/computer science (with a background in biological sciences or chemistry) or related field.
• Master's degree or PhD preferred.

• Minimum Requirement:
  Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of relevant post‑degree work in bioinformatics, cheminformatics, statistics/computer science (with a background in biological sciences or chemistry).
• Experience Exception:
  Master's degree with 4+ years of relevant post‑degree experience (OR) PhD with no experience.
• Experience in at least one programming or scripting language and at least one statistical package, with R preferred.

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