Date: October 9, 2009
Position Title: Postdoctoral Position
Organization Name: Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University
Location: The City of New York, NY

Job Description:

A postdoctoral position is immediately available for a highly motivated individual to work with Dr. Chunhua Weng in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University. The lab is focused on developing algorithms to improve the efficiency of clinical research using electronic health records.

Requirements:

•  Have a PhD degree in related field (biomedical informatics, computer science/engineering, or information science)

•  Have strong programming skills: (Perl and Java)

•  Have at least two first author papers written in English in previous area of research with submitted, accepted or published status in journals or conference proceedings

•  Have good spoken and written communication skills

•  Be able to visit New York City for interviews without a visa application. This is imperative.

How to Apply:

Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest with a one-page proposal for a project to be conducted in Dr. Weng's Lab, CV, and three references (including name and contact information) to cw2384 (At) Columbia (Dot) edu with subject line “Postdoctoral application.”