Genomic Data Curator in Boston, Massachusetts at Harvard University

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Why join Harvard Medical School?

Harvard Medical School's mission is to nurture a diverse, inclusive community dedicated to alleviating suffering and improving health and well-being for all through excellence in teaching and learning, discovery and scholarship, and service and leadership.

Youll be at the heart of biomedical discovery, education, and innovation, working alongside world-renowned faculty and a community dedicated to improving human health. This is more than a job - its an opportunity to shape the future of medicine.

The Harvard Medical School Department of Biomedical Informatics seeks a skilled Genomic Data Curator to join our team within the Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues (SMaHT) Data Analysis Center. The Park Lab is a bioinformatics research group in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School.

Our main aim is to understand the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that underlie disease processes through computational and statistical analysis of genomic data. We are particularly interested in mutational processes in normal and cancer cells and their impact in gene regulation.

The successful candidate will manage, harmonize, and standardize datasets mapping genetic variations across human tissues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Harmonization: Clean, transform, and map diverse genomic and clinical datasets into unified standard formats.
• Metadata Enrichment: Author and apply standard biological ontologies and rigorous metadata labels to dataset submissions.
• Pipeline Management: Build and maintain reproducible data wrangling pipelines to handle high-throughput sequencing data.
• Quality Control: Design and execute data validation checks to identify anomalies and protect data integrity.
• Portal Integration: Collaborate with software engineers to push validated datasets to the public SMaHT Data Portal.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years post-secondary education or relevant work experience.

Additional Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Data Science, or a related field- strongly preferred.
• 13 years of hands-on experience in bioinformatics or a related field.
• Proficiency in Python for data manipulation and scripting.
• Proficiency in coding.
• Strong attention to detail.

• Term: This is a one-year term position from the date of hire, with the possibility of extension, contingent upon work performance and continued funding to support the position.
• Standard Hours/Schedule: 35 hours per week
• Visa Sponsorship Information: Harvard University is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position.
• Pre-Employment Screening: Identity
• Staying Informed About Your Application: Due to the high volume of applications, we may not always be able to reach out right away, but you can track your status anytime through the Careers@Harvard portal.

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Work Format Details

This position has been determined by school or unit leaders that some of the duties and responsibilities can be effectively performed at a non-Harvard location. The work schedule and location will be set by the department at its discretion and based upon operational needs. When not working at a Harvard or Harvard-designated location, employees in hybrid positions must work in a Harvard registered state in compliance with the Universitys Policy on Employment Outside of Massachusetts. Additional details will be discussed during the interview process. Certain visa types and funding sources may limit work location. Individuals must meet work location sponsorship requirements prior to employment.

Salary Grade and Ranges

This position is salary grade level 057. Please visit Harvard's Salary Ranges to view the corresponding salary range and related information.

Benefits

Harvard offers a comprehensive benefits package that is designed to support a healthy work-life balance and your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. Because here, you are what matters. Our benefits include, but are not limited to:

• Generous paid time off including parental leave
• Medical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage starting on day one
• Retirement plans with university contributions
• Wellbeing and mental health resources
• Support for families and caregivers
• Professional development opportunities including tuition assistance and reimbursement
• Commuter benefits, discounts and campus perks

Learn more about these and additional benefits on our Benefits & Wellbeing Page.

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