Overview

A postdoctoral position is available at University of California San Diego to study the genome-wide contribution of tandem repeat and structural variants to tobacco use disorder and related traits. Candidates should have statistical genetics experience including analyzing data from genome-wide association studies.

Start Date: July 2025 or shortly thereafter

Duration: At least two years with the possibility of extension

Salary: Salary and benefits will be consistent with UCSD policies

Requirements

• PhD in genetics, statistics, computational biology or bioinformatics, or a related quantitative field
• Published research on genetics and genomics of complex traits
• Programming in Python, R or similar, and high-performance computing skills using GitHub or similar tools
• Experience with genome-wide association studies (GWAS)

Desirable

• Experience with psychiatric and substance use disorders or related traits (or interest in this field)
• Experience with multi-ancestry methods
• Commitment to open science and reproducible analysis pipelines

Training environment

Interdisciplinary environment spanning the School of Medicine and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering. The candidate will work on a project that was recently funded by the State of California (Tobacco Related Disease Research Program; TRDRP). The project combines population genetics of complex variants and substance use disorders. The applicant will be co-mentored and interact with a collaborative team: Melissa Gymrek, Abraham Palmer, Sandra Sanchez-Roige and Alon Goren.

Contact

Interested candidates should send a CV and a cover letter to Melissa Gymrek (mgymrek@ucsd.edu) and Abraham Palmer (aap@ucsd.edu).