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Postdoctoral Opportunity
STUDYING THE CAUSES OF CANCER
The Genomic Epidemiology Branch (GEM) at IARC investigates novel
and emerging causes of cancer around the world, with
the goal to contribute to cancer prevention. It does
this by combining epidemiology and genomics
techniques, along with collaborations with leading
international academic, research and clinical centres
around the world. Some
emerging topics of interest include (i) studying
the causes of early onset colorectal cancer,
(ii) understanding international differences in renal
and pancreatic cancer, and (iii) investigating
how air pollution is driving lung cancer risk.
Several postdoctoral opportunities are immediately available
within GEM to contribute to the above topics. The
successful candidate(s) will be supervised by Dr Paul
Brennan (head of the Genomic Epidemiology branch) as
well as other relevant GEM Scientists. They will
conduct integrative analyses focusing on joint
interpretation of omics data and epidemiological
information together with a multidisciplinary team of
international collaborators.
Some relent project websites include
DISCERN,
MUTOGRAPHS,
PROMINENT.
Desired selection criteria include:
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A recent PhD (i.e. within the last
5 years) in relevant area such as: genomic or
molecular epidemiology, bioinformatics,
biostatistics or |
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genetics.
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Strong background in the analysis of biological
data, epidemiology, bioinformatics, or
biostatistics. |
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Good communication skills, with the desire to work
with a group of international collaborators. |
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Strong English language skills, both spoken and
written. |
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Willingness to learn new skills and techniques. |
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Desire to bring new ideas and be enthusiastic
about cancer genomic and molecular epidemiology
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Prior experience manipulating multi-omics,
epidemiological data using statistical methods. |
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Strong background within statistical or scripting
languages such as R or Python. |
These postdoctoral opportunities are initially for one
year with the expectation of renewal. The IARC stipend
is currently €2,950 per month (net of tax). The cost
of travel for the postdoctoral scientist, and in
certain circumstances for dependants, will be met.
Dependence and health insurance allowances will be
paid, if applicable. Lyon offers an exceptional
quality of life, and IARC welcomes around 60
postdoctoral scientists at any one time.
The postdoctoral scientist will have opportunities to interact
and collaborate with colleagues from
IARC and its worldwide
networks.
For more information about postdoctoral stays at IARC,
please read the
Postdoctoral charter.
Applicants should send a CV, including list of publications and a
description of previous research experience, as well
as a motivation letter and the names and addresses of
two academic referees, by email to:
alvesn@iarc.who.int
(please, mention in the title of your email
“Postdoctoral opportunity - IARC”
and “To the attention of: Dr Paul
Brennan”).
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