Staff Scientist: Bioinformatician in Epidemiology and Biology of Infections
The SciLifeLab and Wallenberg National Program for Data-Driven Life Science (DDLS) is a 12-year initiative that focuses on data-driven research, within fields essential for improving people’s lives, detecting and treating diseases, protecting biodiversity and creating sustainability. The DDLS program is establishing a national Data Science Node in “Epidemiology and Biology of Infections” at Umeå university with a national responsibility to develop data services and to provide advanced data analytics support. As a Staff scientist you will explore molecular, clinical and/or epidemiological data in research projects aiming to increase our understanding of the emergence, prevalence, spread and treatment of infectious disease.
This position is part of the SciLifeLab Bioinformatics Platform (National Bioinformatics Infrastructure Sweden, NBIS), a unique national infrastructure with over 120 experts, providing advanced bioinformatics support, infrastructure and training to the Swedish life science research community and participating in international collaborations.
