Two fully funded PhD Student Positions

University of Manitoba
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, Department of Computer Science
Canada Manitoba Winnipeg
www.hu-bioinformaticslab.org

Description


Dr. Pingzhao Hu at The Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics and Department of Computer Science of the University of Manitoba has two funded PhD student positions in Bioinformatics/Statistical Genetics. Details of the positions can be found at www.hu-bioinformaticslab.org/positions.html.

Position 1 is funded by a recently awarded CIHR team grant. This position will be funded for 4 years with annual research assistantship $21,000.
Position 2 is funded by a recently awarded CIHR Project grant. This position will be funded for 4 years with annual research assistantship $21,000.

Position 1 -The candidate will develop and apply computational and statistical methods to integrate multiple complex health data to build prediction models and identify biomarkers.

Position 2 - The candidate will develop deep learning models to identify antibiotic drug candidates.


Qualifications

The successful candidates should have strong background in broadly defined life science/medicine and be familiar with R or python programming, machine learning and statistical modeling or you can learn them quickly. He/She should have a MSc degree.


Start date

September 01, 2020

How to Apply

To apply for the positions, please send a CV, transcripts, related reports/publications written in English to Dr. Pingzhao Hu at pingzhao.hu@umanitoba.ca before September 20, 2020 for Canada/USA applicants to be starting at 2021 Winter Term (The deadline for other international applicants to be starting in 2021 Winter Term has been passed).


Contact

Pingzhao Hu
pingzhao.hu@umanitoba.ca