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Subject: SMB Digest v13i35
SMB Digest August 28, 2013 Volume 13 Issue 35
ISSN 1086-6566
Editor: Richard Schugart richard(dot)schugart(at)gmail(dot)com
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Issue's Topics:
Workshop: Sustainability of Aquatic Ecosystem Networks
Post-doc: Personalized Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Tenure-Track: Biomath/Biostat, College of William & Mary
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From: Frithjof Lutscher <flutsche@uottawa.ca>
Date: August 26, 2013 6:01:04 AM
Subject: Workshop: Sustainability of Aquatic Ecosystem Networks
The joint AARMS-CRM workshop on Sustainability of Aquatic Ecosystem
Networks will be held in Fredericton, New Brunswick, October 22-25,
2013.
This workshop will create a cross-disciplinary platform to foster
exchange and synergy between different groups to tackle pressing
questions of sustainability of aquatic systems at regional, national and
international scales. In particular, this workshop will present recent
mathematical and theoretical advances to ecologists and managers, it
will bring mathematicians, ecologists and resource managers together to
formulate testable models for the most pressing concerns, and it will
create new opportunities and challenges for modellers and
mathematicians. Workshop themes and talks will be grouped according to
topic with an emphasis on freshwater systems during the first two days
(22./23.) and on marine systems in the second half (24./25.)
Invited speakers are
Kurt Anderson (University of California, Riverside)
Daniel Boisclair (Université de Montréal)
Joanna Flemming (Dalhousie)
Alan Hastings (University of California, Davis)
Roger Nisbet (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Andrew Paul (University of Alberta)
Gunog Seo (Colgate University)
Les Stanfield (OMNR)
Olga Vasilyeva (Christopher Newport University)
For details and registration, please see
http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/Aquatic13/index.php
This workshop is part of the pan-Canadian thematic year on Ecology,
Epidemiology and Public Health
(http://www.crm.umontreal.ca/act/theme/theme_2013_1_en/), which is
itself part of Mathematics of Planet Earth (mpe2013.org)
There is funding available for US-based junior researchers (pre-tenure)
to attend this workshop; please email Frithjof Lutscher
(flutsche@uottawa.ca) for details.
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From: aimee_doe@hms.harvard.edu <aimee_doe@hms.harvard.edu>
Date: August 23, 2013 8:24:53 AM
Subject: Post-doc: Personalized Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Laboratory for Personalized Medicine at Harvard Medical School
Job Title: Personalized Medicine Research Fellowship
Summary: The Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI), Harvard Medical
School has one research fellowship available for immediate appointment.
The position is part of the Laboratory for Personalized Medicine (LPM,
lpm.hms.harvard.edu) program to reengineer translational science and
accelerate the migration of biomedical informatics methodology, analysis
and applications into the clinical enterprise in support of personalized
medicine.
LPM?s objective is to identify clinically impactful devices, procedures,
and biomedical informatics resources; test the clinical validity of
those items with likely impact in the personal medicine clinical
enterprise; and to execute high priority projects that translate key
technologies into the clinical IT enterprise in support of personalized,
preventive health care. The long-term goal is to create a translational
science method and environment that supports the continuous and
systematic testing and translation of highest priority technologies and
discoveries into the clinical enterprise. This objective is at the
heart of translational science and will support the joint HMS and
Harvard Affiliate CTSC efforts.
Role and Duties: As a member of LPM, the Fellow is expected to assume
important roles in prioritized LPM projects including: work with LPM
project leadership to identify and describe key pilot projects,
participate in multidisciplinary project team projects to achieve
research milestones, provide teaching assistance to the Bioinformatics
Track in the Master of Medical Sciences in Biomedical Informatics
program at Harvard Medical School, and support basic science, clinical
researchers, and LPM?s healthcare collaborations.
Qualifications: The ideal candidate has received their PhD in
biomedical informatics, biomedical science or clinical informatics field
and/or MD, RN, or related advance clinical degree within the last three
years. Candidate must excel at modern bioinformatics skills such as
python, pearl, R, cluster computing or similar. Preference will be
given to applicants with demonstrated research aptitude and a driving
interest in improving the healthcare system. The diversity of subject
matter will require a creative mind, deploying imaginative strategies,
dedicated to solving complex and challenging problems. Applicants should
be highly motivated and flexible, with excellent communication skills,
and work well within an interdisciplinary environment.
How to apply: Email applications including curriculum vitae, summary
statement of personal objective and research interests, PDFs of no more
than three papers, and the names and email addresses of three references
to: Peter J. Tonellato, Ph.D., peter_tonellato@hms.harvard.edu,
617-432-7185
For general interest in working at the LPM send CV, statement of
objective and interests.
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From: Junping Shi <jxshix@wm.edu>
Date: August 26, 2013 11:06:47 PM
Subject: Tenure-Track: Biomath/Biostat, College of William & Mary
Tenure-track position
The Department of Mathematics at the College of William and Mary seeks
applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor
level in Mathematics. We are interested in individuals with research
and teaching expertise in Biomathematics or Biostatistics. Exceptional
applicants at the associate and full professor levels and from other
areas of Applied Mathematics will also be considered. Applicants must
hold a Ph.D. in Mathematics or a related field at the time of
appointment (August 10, 2014). Candidates should demonstrate excellence
in research and teaching. The regular teaching expectation is 2 courses
per semester with most classes capped at 35 students. Postdoctoral
research experience is desirable, and previous experience in teaching
and mentoring successful undergraduate and/or graduate research is
preferred.
Applicants should submit application letter, CV, and research statement
to https://jobs.wm.edu. The site will also ask for the names and email
addresses of 3 or more references (at least one concerning teaching).
After submission, your referees will be contacted by us via email with
instructions on submitting a letter of reference. Review of
applications begins October 15, 2013 and will continue until an
appointment is made. The College is an AA/EO employer. Members of
under-represented groups (including people of color, people with
disabilities, veterans, and women) are encouraged to apply. The College
of William & Mary conducts background checks on applicants for
employment.
More details: http://www.wm.edu/as/mathematics/positions/index.php
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