Graduate Research Assistant

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

The Bedford Lab in the Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Epidemiology (BBE) program in the Vaccine & Infectious Disease Division (VIDD) is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant. This is a hourly Position with flexible hours.

The Research Assistant position will focus on development, refinement and utilization of epidemiological transmission models to assess dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 variant viruses. The applicant will be joining a multi-disciplinary group to work on mathematical and statistical methods to assess growth rate of SARS-CoV-2 variants based on genomic sequence data. The goal of this project is to improvement forecasting of SARS-CoV-2 variant frequencies.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Undergraduate degree in statistics/biostatistics, computer science, applied mathematics, biomedical engineering, physics, computational biology, evolutionary biology or other fields with strong quantitative training.
• Programming skills in Python (preferred) and/or R.
• Research experience in mathematical modeling of biological systems, including but not limited to modeling infectious disease transmission and population dynamics.

The hourly pay range for this position is from $20.76 to $48.09 and pay offered will be based on experience and qualifications.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees access to a retirement savings plan, an employee assistance program, paid sick leave (1 hour for every 30 hours worked), and prorated paid holidays (up to 11 days per year).