Postdoctoral researcher Omics, R&D Data Science & Digital Health
Johnson & Johnson is a leader in healthcare innovation, dedicated to improving health outcomes. The role of Postdoctoral researcher Omics involves integrating multi-omics and digital health technologies to drive advancements in therapies for neurodegeneration and related fields.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute plans for the analysis & integration of multi-omics data from patient cohorts and disease models focused on neurodegeneration, particularly Alzheimer’s disease, to enable the data-driven identification and evaluation of novel therapeutic targets, patient stratification approaches and precision biomarkers
- Partner closely with discovery scientists to ensure purposeful interrogation of human omics datasets and translation of data-derived hypotheses into wet lab validation plans
- Build strong relationships with key internal and external partners to help shape academic collaborations and define the scope of the research questions
- Remain current on the constantly evolving landscape of neuroscience, omics, bioinformatics and AI/ML research in search of innovative approaches to derive biological insights that could accelerate and prioritize neuroscience drug discovery
Skills
- PhD in neuroscience, computational biology, bioengineering, biostatistics, or a related field, completed within the past 3 years is required
- Extensive hands-on expertise in analyzing and deriving insights from high-dimensional molecular data, particularly single-cell RNA seq and fluid proteomics data, is required
- Proficiency in R, Python, or similar programming languages is required
- Proven track record of scientific contributions in this field with first author publications is required
- Ability to clearly communicate technical work to a diverse audience is required
- Background and experience working in Neurodegeneration is strongly preferred
- Familiarity with machine learning and innovative AI methodologies is preferred
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- Business accident insurance
- Group legal insurance
- Consolidated retirement plan (pension)
- Savings plan (401(k))
- Vacation – up to 120 hours per calendar year
- Sick time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
- Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays – up to 13 days per calendar year of Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
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