PhD position in Epigenomics

The Verschoor laboratory is looking for a prospective PhD student to investigate the utility of epigenome-wide DNA methylation patterns as a tool to understand and define the risk of acute and long-term health outcomes. Current areas of interest include: 1) the epigenomic basis of chronic inflammation and its relation to health trajectories in older adults, and 2) the oral methylome as an indicator of treatment-related complications and survivorship in head and neck cancer patients. Our laboratory in situated at the Health Sciences North Research Institute in Sudbury, Ontario (hsnri.ca) and is affiliated with the Northern Ontario School of Medicine University (nosm.ca) and the School of Natural Sciences at Laurentian University (laurentian.ca/school/natural-sciences).

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The successful applicant should have a background in medical sciences, epidemiology, bioinformatics and/or genetics, and be interested in research at the intersection of biomedical and data science. Those with significant experience in the analysis of array-based genomics platforms, particularly the Illumina 450K and/or MethylationEPIC bead-arrays, and related R-based bioinformatic packages are encouraged to apply. Strengths in quantitative approaches to cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis, especially generalized linear models, and data visualization methods are also important.