Description :

The Department of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (DBCB) at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center (MDACC) is seeking an Associate Director to head its staff of Statistical Analysts and BioAnalysts. The Associate Director will continue the building of a large, high-caliber team of approximately 20 analysts and provide strong intellectual leadership for their collaborative support of preclinical and clinical departments at MDACC. MDACC is strongly committed to growth of the DBCB in view of the increasingly important role of bioinformatics. A major mission of MDACC is ‘personalization’ of cancer management through use of molecular biomarkers and biosignatures. As the nation’s largest and foremost cancer center, MDACC is uniquely qualified to pursue that mission. The DBCB invites applications from outstanding individuals with major expertise and leadership experience in multidisciplinary, collaborative bioinformatics in academia or industry. The successful candidate will have ample opportunity for collaborative publication and grants, but the principal responsibility will be top-quality collaborative support of the various preclinical and clinical programs. The position requires a Master’s degree but the candidate should preferably have a Ph.D. or M.D. in a related field with at least 5 years of management/supervisory experience plus at least 10 years of broad experience in bioinformatics. Strong demonstrated leadership and managerial skills are required. Preferred is a combination of statistical, bioinformatic, computer, and biomedical expertise. Ongoing projects to be designed, analyzed, and interpreted use such technologies as microarrays, mass spectrometry, RNAi, ’NextGen’ sequencing, and imaging. The biointerpretive aspects use molecular ontologies, pathways, and molecular structure analysis. The DBCB (http://www.mdanderson.org/departments/bioinformatics/) is intensively involved in large NCI projects including caBIG and TCGA. It is closely allied with the Department of Biostatistics within the Division of Quantitative Sciences. M. D. Anderson salaries and benefits are very highly competitive. Houston is a cosmopolitan city, featuring fine neighborhoods, excellent private and public schools, superb museums, highly acclaimed opera, symphony, ballet, and theater, and first-rate international cuisine. The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or veteran status except where such distinction is required by law. All positions at M. D. Anderson are security sensitive and subject to examination of criminal history record information. M. D. Anderson Cancer Center is a smoke-free and drug-free environment. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. How To Apply: Review of applications will continue until the position has been filled. Applicants should apply online at http://www.mdanderson.org/about_mda/careers/, inserting “bioinformatics” as keyword and looking for “Assoc Dir, Quant Research”. Individuals with less experience may want to apply for Analyst positions at the same location. For questions, e-mail the Search Committee at .