Interdepartmental Post-Doctoral Training Program in the Computational Genomic Epidemiology of Cancer (CoGEC)

Individuals with expertise combining the traditional disciplines of Cancer Research, Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Computer Science are crucial for a research team to ultimately succeed in the battle against cancer. In particular, such individuals will be able to combine biology, epidemiology, information from large-scale sequencing of genomes, and powerful bioinformatics tools to decipher the complex basis of cancer.

Therefore, this Training Program offers an unprecedented set of instructional and research opportunities to exceptional postdoctoral candidates in order to promote their careers as independent researchers in the interdisciplinary "field" of computational genomic epidemiology of cancer.

The Program is grounded in the National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center of CWRU and UHC, and links together the Departments of Genetics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

Key features of the Training Program:

• A specialized core curriculum of courses to be completed within the first year of the fellowship by all trainees.
• Additional didactic experiences, which will round out their training in computational genomic epidemiology of cancer.
• Research experience on one or more projects focused on the computational genomic epidemiology of cancer.
• The program blends together in a highly interactive fashion a group of mentors and trainees from cancer research, molecular biology, genetics, epidemiology, biostatistics, and computer science (each trainee will have at least two mentors from different disciplines).
• Training support is for one to three years. United States citizens, permanent residents, and exception foreign candidates are eligible to apply.
• Salary is extremely competitive (up to $65,000 per year, depending on experience).
• Trainees also receive $30,000 in annual research funds.

Supported by the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health