Bioinformatician

The Department of Medical Informatics of the Luxembourg Institute of Health is looking for a Bioinformatician or Medical Informatician. She/he will play a central role in developing a data integration center supporting the secondary use of research data and offering data analysis solutions for scientists.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and maintain data spaces for research based on large multi-omics cohort studies;
• Contribute to federated data spaces, enabling secure data storage and model sharing for federated learning;
• Assist in creating internal dashboards to visualize and analyze complex biological data;
• Process and analyze medical, clinical, and next-generation sequencing (NGS) data to provide insights for researchers;
• Ensure data quality and consistency, following standards and best practices in compliance with GDPR.

Key Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• MSc or PhD in bioinformatics, medical informatics or data science;
• Proficiency in SQL and Python or R;
• Experience with multi-omics data analysis;
  
• Strong understanding of data management and modeling principles, database, and EDC systems;
• Familiarity with clinical study and survey design is a strong asset;
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills;
• Attention to detail and a strong sense of responsibility;
  
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English for effective collaboration. 

Gender Equality

The LIH is an equal opportunities employer. We are fully committed to removing any discriminatory barrier related to gender, and not only, in recruitment and career progression of our staff. The LIH is attentive to gender representation among its leadership staff and aims to eliminate obstacles to the recruitment and promotion of female leaders and their career development.