Research Coop, Dom Aging

GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:

A co-op student internship role has become available at the Brigham and Womens Hospital, Division of Aging in the Drug Discovery group. This is a unique opportunity for you to work with cutting-edge large scale human genetics data from the Million Veteran Program Initiative, the largest ongoing cohort study in the world, as well as other publicly available resources, functional genomics datasets and analyses, and participate in the enhancement of existing analytical pipelines.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Get acquainted with the current bioinformatic pipeline used by the group.

2. Once comfortable, help with testing the pipeline and write code for system updates.

3. Data wrangling preparation for new datasets to be used in future iterations of the pipeline.

4. Build comprehensive documentation for the pipeline upgrade and functionality.

5. Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Applicants must be a current student in one of the master programs of Northeastern University with a co-op program

SKILLS/ ABILITIES/ COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

1. Under general supervision of the Principal Investigator, researches, develops, and applies statistical models for analysis, inference, and prediction from multiple large datasets.

2. Collaborates with the bioinformatics staff for data cleaning and quality control of genomic datasets.

3. Provides regular reports of data curation and analysis to investigator and collaborators.

4. Adheres to rigorous principles of reproducible research and data documentation.

5. In collaboration with investigators and trainees, contributes to scientific literature, reports, journal publications and presentations.

Brigham and Women's Hospital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.