Postdoctoral Researcher - Data Science Institute

Job description

Summary According to the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), a postdoc is an individual who has received a doctoral degree (or equivalent) and is engaged in a temporary and defined period of mentored advanced research training to enhance the professional skills and research independence needed to pursue his or her chosen career path. In addition, according to the National Postdoc Association (NPA), Postdoctoral appointees can pursue basic, clinical or translational projects so long as their primary effort is devoted toward their own scholarship. Postdocs are essential to the scholarly mission of the mentor and host institution, and thus are expected to have the freedom to publish the results of their scholarship. The Hogan Lab in the Data Science Institute is seeking a post-doctoral researcher for work in ontology, semantic web, and referent tracking. The incumbent will gain experience managing existing, as well as starting new, ontologies and using them in various annotation and data management applications. A key project is the Advancing Prevention Research in Cancer through Ontology Tools (APRICOT) Project funded by the US National Insti...