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Postdoctoral Research Associate - Surgery

Washington University Medical Campus💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-16 → 2026-09-25

Core

Investigate causes and biomarkers of early-onset cancers by integrating large-scale population and clinical data with multi-omics, biology, and AI to identify opportunities for precision prevention.

Role type

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Cancer Epidemiology & Data Science)

Builds

Original research manuscripts, grant applications, and scientific presentations

Domain

Oncology, Population Science, Computational Biology

Deliverable

production ML models | research

Required skills

Molecular epidemiology, Data science, Informatics, Cancer biology, Environmental sciences, R, Python, SAS, Study design, Protocol development, Scientific writing, Grant writing, Mentoring

Preferred skills

Interdisciplinary collaboration, Laboratory operations, Experimentation, Data interpretation

Technologies

R, Python, SAS

Responsibilities

Lead interdisciplinary research integrating population/clinical data with multi-omics and AI; Develop and execute studies from hypothesis to dissemination; Apply rigorous methods to complex data using R, Python, or SAS; Collaborate with cohort leaders, clinicians, and data scientists; Coordinate scientific activities including data acquisition and harmonization; Mentor graduate students and research assistants; Maintain compliance with ethical standards and good laboratory practice.

Seniority

Postdoctoral Fellow, hands-on IC

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