HMS - Postdoctoral Fellow in Biomedical Informatics

Harvard University
📍 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 19, 2026

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*** Position Description We invite applicants for a postdoctoral fellow position in the O’Connor lab at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, in the field of computational human genetics. Prospective postdoctoral researchers should hold a Ph.D. by the time they would begin their position. We are most interested in applicants who have experience in computational methods development, in human genetics or a different field.

Possible areas of research include:


1. Developing methods to compare the genetic architecture of rare vs. common genetic variation
2. Developing methods to analyze GWAS data using graphical models and genome-wide genealogies
3. Developing methods to integrate rare protein coding genetic association data with functional and machine learning-derived features
4. Developing methods to characterize the genetic architecture of autism

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Job Details

  • Location Cambridge, Massachusetts
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category Life Scientists
  • Posted Date June 19, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 29, 2026