Faculty Positions

Job Description:

Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) is seeking a Bioinformatician who can be part of a dynamic and rapidly growing organization. The candidate will lead be responsible for the design and implementation of novel computational methods to analyze genomic data sets, implement statistical models, and contribute to research studies focusing on infectious disease and immuno-oncology.    Ideally, the candidate will serve as an expert resource for the implementation, management, and improvement of bioinformatics projects at FRIC.

As one of the world’s largest and busiest health centers, Cleveland Clinic is committed to delivering high quality programs of patient care, research, and education.  Cleveland Clinic (CC) Research is at the forefront of biological discovery with research related to cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, brain and eye diseases, and diseases of inflammation and immune systems. With more than 1,500 researchers and support personnel in 190 laboratories across 11 departments and multiple centers, CC Research is one of the largest research institutes in the nation, consistently ranking in the top 10 in National Institutes of Health funding, a benchmark of research success.  In addition, Cleveland Clinic and IBM have a partnership to establish the Discovery Accelerator to advance discovery in healthcare and life sciences using a variety of computing technologies, including quantum computing.

Additionally, CC Research has recently opened Cleveland Clinic Florida Research and Innovation Center (FRIC) which is dedicated to the discovery and advancement of innovative translational research, focused on immuno-oncology and infectious diseases.  The building is 3 floors with approximately 100,000 sq. ft. of dedicated research and support spaces.  The FRIC is developing state of the art Shared Resource Laboratories in Flow Cytometry, Imaging, Bioinformatics, and a Vivarium. 

As a Bioinformatician, your responsibilities will be to:

• Communicate with faculty members, postdocs and researchers to understand and evaluate their biological questions and computational needs to effectively provide consultation for a wide array of genomics studies.
• Support diverse bioinformatics analyses such as single-cell RNA-seq, bulk RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, methyl-seq, spatial transcriptomics etc.
• Develop methods, novel algorithms and/or high-level data analysis pipelines that integrates implementation, visualization and database management of multi-dimensional biological datasets.
• Provide researchers with computational data, figures, methods, documentation, and overall bioinformatics support to meet project goals and publications.
• Support analysis needs of multiple research projects form different laboratories simultaneously.
• Serve as a subject matter expert to provide training, mentoring and instruction to researchers on bioinformatics resources and data analysis.
• Utilize methods in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AL), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Natural Language Processing (NLP) to design and implement data solutions.
• Build complex predictive models, mix models, attribution models and other mathematical or statistical models as needed by using modeling tools.
• Experience in proteomics and metabolomics data analysis
• Stay up to date with cutting edge data analysis methods and publications in bioinformatics, genomics, and statistics.
• Develop service-related charge infrastructure for researchers utilizing bioinformatics services.

Qualifications
Education

• Ph.D. in computer science/statistics/software engineering/bioinformatics or related field.

Work Experience

• Must possess a minimum of 3 years of related experience, working with statistical modeling, machine learning or complex data analysis.
• Strong quantitative and computational background with extensive experience in genomics/transcriptomics
• Use of bioinformatics computations in high-performance compute clusters and bash scripting, and pipeline development and implementation.
• Proficient in R, Python, git, UNIX and other scientific workflow tools 

Physical Requirements

• Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods
• Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment
• Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information

Please send CV and cover letter to Sara Tavakoli [email protected]

Contact:

Sara Tavakoli
[email protected]

Job Description:

We seek a Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., or M.D. scientist with deep expertise in data science, advanced machine learning/AI, or bioinformatics methods and applications in multi-omics and multimodal data (eg. EHR, Imaging, wearables). This position addresses a critical departmental need to expand our computational and AI-driven research capabilities with applications to human health and disease. The ideal candidate must have a demonstrated record of independent research or a strong portfolio of team-science contributions, evidenced by impactful publications and extramural funding. The investigator will have opportunities to collaborate broadly across Cleveland Clinic Research, contribute to trainee mentorship, and leverage institutional strengths in omics, imaging, and clinical data science. A competitive start-up package and resources will be provided to support the candidate’s success.

Individuals will be appointed at Assistant, Associate, or Full Staff (equivalent to Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor, respectively) in the Department of Genomic Sciences and Systems Biology (GSSB), which is part of Cleveland Clinic Research, at Cleveland Clinic. For physician-scientists, joint appointments in clinical institutes will be made as appropriate. New recruits will join a highly collaborative environment within GSSB, with additional opportunities for collaboration and networking in the over 25 Departments and Centers in Cleveland Clinic Research.

Education:

•           PhD or MD/PhD required

•           MD with relevant laboratory experience may substitute for PhD

Salary Range: $148,000 to $380,000

The pay range displayed on this job posting reflects the anticipated range for new hires.  A successful candidate’s actual compensation will be determined after taking various factors into consideration such as the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set, and board certification. This is not inclusive of the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package, which includes among other benefits, healthcare/dental/vision, and retirement.

Required Application Materials:

•           Cover Letter

•           CV

•           Statement of research interests

All application materials should be submitted directly via email to the department at [email protected], and [email protected].

Contact:

Amy Petriella

[email protected]

About Cleveland Clinic Research

Cleveland Clinic has operated for over 100 years on the principle of bringing innovative teams together to advance care for patients. Today, we are a world leader in science-based healthcare. Our strategic plan for research harnesses information technology to power significant advances in both personalized and population medicine. A major component of our strategy includes our anchor role in building the Cleveland Innovation District. This unprecedented collaboration includes participation and investment by the State of Ohio along with five independent Cleveland healthcare and academic institutions and is designed to transform research, education and economic opportunities in Northeast Ohio, the United States, and across the world.

Cleveland Clinic’s research footprint spans one million square feet in Cleveland and Florida, with two new state-of-the-art facilities scheduled to open in 2025 and 2026. In 2024, research funding grew to $520 million — including $176 million in federal funding and 632 federal awards. In addition, Cleveland Clinic’s global footprint provides a wealth of resources to support research throughout the enterprise, including at our locations in Northeast Ohio, Florida, London and Abu Dhabi.

Cleveland Clinic’s global locations engage with a large, growing and diverse patient population, giving our research teams access to tens of thousands of unique biological samples through the centralized Cleveland Clinic BioRepository. Cleveland Clinic’s Discovery Accelerator partnership with IBM leverages high-performance computing using hybrid cloud, artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing technologies to empower and accelerate big data research, with more than 60 research projects in progress. The Center for Therapeutic Discovery provides full-scale drug discovery efforts to identify new drug targets and therapeutic compounds. All these efforts ultimately coordinate with Cleveland Clinic Innovations, the technology commercialization team serving to transform our discoveries into clinical practice.

Faculty in Cleveland Clinic Research typically also become members of the Molecular Medicine Graduate Training Program and other programs at the neighboring Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, providing access to excellent PhD students and trainees.

About Cleveland Clinic

Cleveland Clinic’s vision is to become the best place for care and the best place to work in healthcare. We are committed to providing a safe, stable and financially fulfilling work environment. Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty international academic health system that is recognized in the United States and around the world for “Caring for life, researching for health and educating those who serve.”

Among Cleveland Clinic’s 83,000 employees worldwide are more than 5,786 salaried physicians and researchers, and 16,845 registered nurses and advanced practice providers, representing 140 medical specialties and subspecialties. Cleveland Clinic is a 6,728-bed health system that includes a 173-acre main campus near downtown Cleveland, 23 hospitals, 280 outpatient facilities, including locations in northeast Ohio; Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Toronto, Canada; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and London, England. In 2024, there were 15.7 million patient encounters, 332,991 hospital admissions and observations, and 319,935 surgeries and procedures throughout Cleveland Clinic’s health system.

Cleveland Clinic is pleased to be an equal employment/affirmative action employer. Smoke/drug free environment.

Contact:

Amy Petriella
[email protected]