CPGR  Biostatistician  position  –  07  February  2013  

Background  

The  Centre  for  Proteomic  &  Genomic  Research  (CPGR)  seeks  to  hire  a  Biostatistician  to  complement  a  Bioinformatics  project  team  participating  in  the  NIH  funded  H3ABioNet  program  at  the  CPGR  node.  H3ABioNet  is  led  by  the  CBIO  group  at  UCT  is  leading  an  initiative  with  over  thirty  institutions  around  Africa   to   develop   a   Pan   African   Bioinformatics   Network   for   the   Human   Heredity   and   Health  (H3Africa)   Initiative   (http://www.h3africa.org/).   The   aim   of   the   network   is   to   build   bioinformatics  capacity  in  Africa  and  develop  a  bioinformatics  support  platform  for  H3Africa  research  projects.    

 

Job  duties  include  but  are  not  limited  to  

• Being  part  of  the  H3ABioNet  helpdesk  task  force  to  assist  with  statistical  queries  from  H3A  consortia.  

• Providing   statistical/bioinformatics   support   for   large   scale   genomics/omics   projects   in   a  timeous  manner.  

• Assisting  life  scientists  with  experimental  design  and  data  analysis.  • Training   life  scientists,  bioinformaticians  and  computational  biologists   in  basic  and  advance  

statistics.  • Taking  part  in  various  research  projects  carried  out  at  the  CPGR  node  • (Co)  Preparing  training  materials  according  to  the  HCD  platform  requirements.    • Assisting  the  node  manager  with  network  management  duties.  • Supporting  developers  in  designing  software  and  algorithms.    • (Co)  Creating  grant  applications  to  national  and  international  funding  organisations.  

 

Requirements  

• PhD  or  MSc  qualification  either  in  statistics,  computer  Science,  medical  statistics  or  health  informatics.  

• A  strong  background  in  bioinformatics  or  statistics.  • Three  or  more  years’  experience  in  statistical  design  and  analysis  of  large-­‐scale  genomic  

projects.  • Familiarity  with  concepts  in  Next  Generation  Sequencing,  Genotyping,  Genome  Wide  

Association  analysis,  SNP/Variant  analysis.  • Working  knowledge  of  Python,  SAS,  MATLAB,  Statistica  and  R.  • Outstanding  written  and  verbal  communication  skills.    • Willingness  to  travel  up  to  20%  of  working  time.    • Training  skills  are  an  advantage.  

 

About  the  CPGR  

The   CPGR   is   a   specialist   not-­‐for-­‐profit   contract   research   organization   established   in   South   Africa  through  funding  by  the  Technology  Innovation  Agency  (TIA)  to  provide  support  and  services  to  the  life   science  and  biotech   community.   It   is  based  on  an   initiative  by   the  Department  of   Science  and  Technology  (DST)  to  boost  the  development  of  a  bio-­‐economy  in  South  Africa.  The  CPGR  combines  

 

state-­‐of-­‐the-­‐art   information   rich   genomic   and   proteomic   ('omics')   technologies   with   bio-­‐computational  pipelines,  and  biological  models,  to  create  unique  solutions  in  the  human  health  and  the   agri-­‐biotech   sectors.   Information   about   the   CPGR   can   be   obtained   at   www.cpgr.org.za   and  www.cpgr.org.za/blogspot.      

Procedure  

Interested   candidates   should   submit   a   short   cover   letter   and   C.V.   together   with   the   names   and  contact  details  of  two  referees  to  surayah.hartley@cpgr.org.za  by  15  April  2013.  Applications  will  be  accepted  by  email,   fax   (+27  21  447  3228)  or  post   (Centre   for  Proteomic  &  Genomic  Research,   c/o  Institute  of  Infectious  Disease  &  Molecular  Medicine,  Wolfson  Pavilion  Level  3,  UCT  Faculty  Of  Health  Sciences,  Observatory,  Cape  Town  7925,  South  Africa).