"Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Disease Modeling"

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The Reeves and Schiffer Groups at Fred Hutch are seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to work on within host mathematical and evolutionary modeling to understand HIV persistence and cure.

At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, all employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to our values of collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity, and respect.

Responsibilities

The successful applicant will develop mathematical models that focus on understanding the interplay between viral evolution and population dynamics during the course of HIV infection (see: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2109172119). Additionally, the dynamics of T cell receptor sequences may be integrated into HIV models and/or studied separately. A particular goal is to understand seeding and persistence of the HIV reservoir, the primary barrier to cure, and which therapeutics could be useful during various stages of infection based on dominant mechanisms of persistence. Post docs will be encouraged and given opportunities to collaborate with laboratory-based scientists (including biology and immunology), both in the Vaccine and Infectious Diseases Division (VIDD) at Fred Hutch, and externally.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD degree from a quantitative field such as physics, applied mathematics, biomedical engineering, population genetics, ecology, computational biology etc.
• Strong numerical programming skills in Python, Matlab and/or R.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with C++ coding, differential equation-based models and/or Bayesian phylogenetics.

The annual base salary range for this position is from $77,976 to $95,014, and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

This position is not eligible for H1-B sponsorship at this time. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, income-based child care subsidy, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days per year), paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason), paid holidays (13 days per year), and paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).