Research Fellow in Biomedical Informatics, Maha Farhat Lab

Harvard Medical School, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Department of Biomedical Informatics
United States Massachusetts
dbmi.hms.harvard.edu/careers/postdoctoral-fellows/farhat-lab

Description

Postdoctoral Fellow in infectious disease genomics.

Pathogens display a remarkable range of variability in phenotypes relevant to disease including transmissibility, organ tropism, and antibiotic resistance. Elucidating the biological mechanisms for these differences is a fundamental question in the study of infectious diseases and creates new avenues for surveillance, diagnosis and personalized treatment. The heritability of disease phenotypes within pathogen species and their evolution over generations indicates that they should be genetically encoded. As a result, the study of pathogen whole genome sequence (WGS) data is expected to further our understanding of these traits.


Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellow in infectious disease genomics.

Pathogens display a remarkable range of variability in phenotypes relevant to disease including transmissibility, organ tropism, and antibiotic resistance. Elucidating the biological mechanisms for these differences is a fundamental question in the study of infectious diseases and creates new avenues for surveillance, diagnosis and personalized treatment. The heritability of disease phenotypes within pathogen species and their evolution over generations indicates that they should be genetically encoded. As a result, the study of pathogen whole genome sequence (WGS) data is expected to further our understanding of these traits.


Start date

July 21, 2019

How to Apply

Email applications including curriculum vitae, summary statement of personal objective and research interests, PDFs of the best two papers, and the names and email addresses of three references to mrfarhat@partners.org.


Contact

Katherine Flannery
katherine_flannery@hms.harvard.edu