Assistant Director, Bioinformatics Assistant or Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology-CHLA

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The Keck School of Medicine (KSOM) of the University of Southern California and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Division of Genomic Medicine and Center for Personalized Medicine (CPM), are seeking an outstanding candidate with expertise in bioinformatics, data science and genomics as a full-time faculty member with clinical, research (clinical and translational), and teaching responsibilities at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level.

The successful candidate must hold a Ph.D. or M.D./Ph.D. degree with training and appropriately demonstrated accomplishments in Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Genetics, Genomics, or related field(s). They will have in-depth knowledge of genomics and be familiar with cutting-edge methodologies and technologies applied for clinical care and discovery. Experience in developing and applying algorithms, analytic pipelines, software and AI/ML tools for whole-genome, whole-exome, panel sequencing, genotyping, RNA-Seq data, and liquid biopsy for either clinical or research purposes is strongly desired. Computational expertise is desired in the following areas: designing and developing web- and cloud-based bioinformatics next generation sequencing data analysis solutions, programming skills (Java, R, Perl, Python, etc.), knowledge of database technologies (SQL Server, Oracle, mongoDB), and big data analytics. They will join an experienced multi-disciplinary team of physicians, laboratorians, genetic counselors, bioinformaticians and scientists at the CPM as the Assistant Director of Bioinformatics. In this role they will develop, implement and maintain the data infrastructure, software, analytic tools and pipelines enabling innovative genomic testing to support clinical care and discovery at CHLA.

Children's Hospital Los Angeles has been named the best children's hospital in California and among the best in the nation for clinical excellence with its selection to the prestigious US News & World Report Honor Roll.  Children's Hospital is home to The Saban Research Institute, one of the largest and most productive pediatric research facilities in the United States.  The hospital is also one of America's premier teaching hospitals through its affiliation since 1932 with the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.  

Send correspondence by email and/or regular mail including curriculum vitae, a statement describing experience and interest, and three references to:

Alexander R. Judkins, M.D.

Pathologist-in-Chief

c/o Anne Louït, MBA

Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, MS #43

4650 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA  90027

Email: alouit@chla.usc.edu

The annual base salary range for this position is $250,000-$300,000.  When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

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