Group Leader and Head of Biostatistics / Bioinformatics Core Facility - IRB Barcelona | Spain

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