USF Genomics Program

Research Assistant Professor and

Bioinformatics Computational Core Services Director

The University of South Florida Genomics Program is seeking to hire a non-tenure earning Assistant Professor to conduct research, teach, and serve as the Bioinformatics Computational Core Services Director.

The USF Genomics Program is a consortium of active genomics research programs from different colleges and campuses at USF. The USF Genomics Program projects integrate modern genomic approaches to understand and help develop solutions for some of the major challenges affecting global health and especially the Florida community. USF Genomics research projects are naturally interdisciplinary with studies that cross many boundaries of traditional scientific fields, integrating bioscience approaches in experimental and environmental research with computation biology. The USF Genomics Program is administratively housed in the USF College of Public Health and is physically located in the USF Interdisciplinary Research Building (IDRB) on the USF Tampa campus.  The IDRB is a state-of-the art research facility which houses programs from Public Health, Medicine, Chemistry, and Engineering.  

The major role of the Bioinformatics Computational Core Services Director will be to manage computational support services for the USF Genomics Program sequencing core projects. In addition, as a member of the faculty in the College of Public Health, the incumbent will be expected to cover a minimum of 25% of annual salary through consulting services or committed time on individual research grants. In addition, the incumbent will be expected to teach and mentor students and career professionals, staff, and faculty in computational methods applied to genomics research. The incumbent will be located in the IDRB along with the USF Genomics Program Director and many of its researchers.

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Closing Date: Positions will remain open until filled. Review of complete applications will begin February 11, 2022.

Salary & Benefits:  Nationally competitive salary with excellent benefits.

To apply:  Candidates must apply for each position separately in order to be considered for that position.  Please visit www.usf.edu and access “Work at USF” and then click on Access Careers@USF and search for Job Opening ID 29494. Documents to be uploaded with each application include a letter of application addressing the advertised minimum and preferred qualifications for the position to which applying, a CV and a list of three references. Review of application will not begin until all required documents are uploaded into Careers. References will not be contacted without notifying applicants in advance.

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