GROUP LEADER AND HEAD OF BIOSTATISTICS / BIOINFORMATICS CORE FACILITY. Barcelona

Company Information: IRB Barcelona is an independent, non-profit research institution engaged in basic and applied biomedical science that aims to improve quality of life by applying advances in this field. IRB Barcelona was founded in October 2005 by the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya), the University of Barcelona (UB) and the Barcelona Science Park (Parc Científic de Barcelona). The Institute aims to promote multidisciplinary research of excellence at the interface between biology, chemistry and medicine, to foster collaborations with local organisations and international research institutes, to provide high-level training in the biomedical sciences to staff, students and visitors, to promote innovation and technology transfer, and to actively engage in an open dialogue with the public through a series of outreach and education activities. IRB Barcelona is located in the Barcelona Science Park, a centre in which first-class public research converges with the private sector in a stimulating, vanguard scientific environment.

Duties & Responsibilities: IRB Barcelona seeks a Biostatistics Group Leader and Head of the Biostatistics/Bioinformatics Core Facility Service. The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in Biostatistics, Statistics or a related discipline. The candidate is expected to: 1) Pursue internationally renowned research, developing new biostatistics and bioinformatics methods as integral components to IRB’s multi-disciplinary approach. 2) Collaborate with the IRB research laboratories including the analysis of data derived from high-throughput experiments as well as advise on statistics. The Biostatistics / Bioinformatics Core Facility Service is one of several state-of-the–art core facilities available at IRB. It is currently composed of a team of three experienced analysts who are supported by IRB funding. IRB will provide a generous start-up package to support research. Salary and conditions are competitive and commensurate with experience. The unit’s website at http://www.irbbarcelona.org/bioinformatics contains information regarding its research and activities. (For informal queries please contact Dr. Jorge Dominguez at jorge.dominguez@irbbarcelona.org) IRB Barcelona is a self-standing, non-profit institution for basic and applied biomedical research, jointly developed by the Government of Catalonia and the University of Barcelona, and located at the Barcelona Science Park. IRB emphasizes a multi-disciplinary approach to research of excellence, for which it received the Severo Ochoa and Narcís Monturiol awards in 2011 and 2012. Applications including a CV, copies of the three most relevant publications, short prospective plan and the names of at least three referees should be sent to IRBBiostatgl@irbbarcelona.org

Position Qualifications: The ideal candidate will hold a PhD in Biostatistics, Statistics or a related discipline

Web Site: http://www.irbbarcelona.org

Application Address: IRBBiostatgl@irbbarcelona.org

Contact Email: jorge.dominguez@irbbarcelona.org

Application Deadline: 30/04/2013 (dd/mm/yyyy)