The Central Institute of Mental Health is an internationally renowned Research Institute in the Field of psychiatry and
neuroscience, psychiatric-psychotherapeutic-psychosomatic department of the medical faculty Mannheim of the Heidelberg University as well as a psychiatric-psychotherapeutic-psychosomatic clinic distributed across four sections: psychiatry und psychotherapy, psychosomatics and psychotherapeutic medicine, psychiatry and psychotherapy in childhood and adolescence as well as addictive behavior and addiction medicine.
The research group translational bioinformatics in psychiatry is looking for a
Post-doc (m/f)
(full-time)
with primary focus on multivariate statistics for identification and validation of multimodal signatures of psychiatric disorders. The position is initially limited to 2 years.
The position entails amongst other things:
Development of novel statistical methods for identification of multivariate biological signatures of psychiatric disorders
Development of translational methods for optimal integration of data with different modalities.
Writing of scientific publications and grant applications
Requirements:
Excellent PhD in (bio-) statistics / bioinformatics / applied mathematics as well as publications in the field of statistical
method development
Very good knowledge of machine learning and experience in the analysis of high-dimensional data
Very good statistical programming skills (especially in R)
Enthusiasm for independent scientific research, publication writing and demanding statistical analysis tasks.
Several years of experience in statistical data analysis (preferentially in the field of genetics)
Experience with databases very desirable
Talent in organization and ability to work in a team
Command of the German language is not required
We offer an interesting position at a leading research institute. Salary is based on the German TV-L pay scale, including the social benefits of the German public service sector. Please send your application stating the reference number 622 preferentially by email to [log in to unmask] or by post to Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Personalservice, J 5, 68159 Mannheim. Application deadline is 31.03.2015.
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