The Department of Preventive Medicine of the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California is recruiting an assistant professor on the research track for the Division of Bioinformatics. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in bioinformatics, computational biology, genetics, molecular biology or a related field and a demonstrated interest in applications to studies of the genetics and epigenetics of disease, in a highly collaborative environment. Our department is one of the leading research departments in cancer and environmental epidemiology, with a large base of studies in the area of genetic epidemiology, including the Multiethnic Cohort Study, the Colorectal Cancer Family Registries, the International Schizophrenia and Bipolar Consortia, the Children’s Health Study of the chronic effects of air pollution, and numerous population-based and family-based studies of other conditions. Candidates with research activities and interest in genomics, pathway analysis or biomedical ontologies are strongly encouraged to apply.
 
Please send a CV, personal statement of research interests, and contact information for three references to Paul Thomas at pdthomas@usc.edu.
 
USC is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women, men and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.