Positions | Yang-Yu Liu's Lab

We currently have the following three types of positions:
Postdoc in microbiome research
NIH T32 Postdoc Fellowship
Visiting Students

Postdoctoral Positions in Microbiome Research

The Channing Division of Network Medicine (CDNM) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) is looking for 1~2 exceptional postdocs to join Dr. Yang-Yu Liu’s group to advance microbiome research.

The successful applicants should have a Ph.D. and are expected to have a strong background in one or more of the following fields: metagenomics, community ecology, network science, bioinformatics, machine learning and statistical physics. Excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and extensive computer programming experience with large datasets are essential. The research will be done under the mentorship of Dr. Yang-Yu Liu, with opportunities for collaboration with other faculty at CDNM who have expertise in statistics, bioinformatics, epidemiology, and genomics of complex human diseases.

BWH is a Harvard Medical School affiliated institution, with over 1000 principal investigators. CDNM is one of the largest research divisions within the Department of Medicine at BWH. The goal of CDNM is to define the etiology and reclassify complex disease using network- and systems-based approaches. CDNM has some of the largest population-based cohorts in the world, and an outstanding track record of mentoring. For example, CDNM is the home of the ongoing Nurses’ Health Study, with decades of follow-up and repeated detailed information on diet and lifestyle from 280,000 women. From this and many other cohorts, CDNM has DNA samples from more than 200,000 individuals, and microbiome samples from more than 25,000 individuals. CDNM also has extensive computer resources.

Qualified candidates should submit their application (consisting of a Cover Letter, CV (including the names of three references), and a Research Statement) in a single PDF file to Dr. Yang-Yu Liu at yyl@channing.harvard.edu. The positions will remain open until filled with the first screening of applications on October 1st, 2023.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related condition or any other characteristic protected by law. Women and minority candidates are particularly encouraged to apply.

Appointment and/or employment at a Partners HealthCare System (“Partners”) affiliate is contingent upon compliance with all requirements for employment at the Partners affiliate. These requirements include without limitation:

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services rules concerning identity and right to work in the United States
Multi-state criminal background checks
Review of the Medicare Sanctions and Exclusions List
Pre-employment health and drug screening and annual compliance with the Influenza

Vaccination Policy

Any offer of employment is contingent upon satisfactory completion of the above requirements for employment, as well as satisfactory completion of the credentialing and medical staff appointment process at the Partners affiliate(s) where applicant will perform research and/or provide clinical services. Reference information, including academic and/or employment records, final evaluations and recommendations for future employment will be required.

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NIH T32 Postdoctoral Fellowship in Network Biology

The Channing Division of Network Medicine (CDNM) at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) and Harvard Medical School (HMS) is looking for exceptional candidates for the NIH T32 postdoctoral fellowship in Network Biology. The research will be done under the mentorship of Dr. Yang-Yu Liu, with opportunities for collaboration with other faculty at CDNM who have expertise in biostatistics, bioinformatics, epidemiology, and genomics of complex human diseases.

Eligibility: NIH requires the postdoctoral fellow to be a US Citizen or green-card holder. The successful applicants should have a PhD and are expected to have a strong background in one or more of the following fields: network science, computational biology, bioinformatics, biostatistics, machine learning andstatistical physics. Excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and extensive computer programming experience with large datasets are essential.

Application: Qualified candidates should submit their application (consisting of a Cover Letter, CV (including the names of three references), and a Research Statement) in a single PDF file to Dr. Yang-Yu Liu at yyl@channing.harvard.edu. The positions will remain open until filled with the first screening of applications on December 1st, 2023.

Starting date: August 1st, 2024

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Visiting Students

Channing Division of Network Medicine
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School

We are interested in hosting self-funded visiting students, who would like to conduct cutting-edge interdisciplinary research, from human microbiome to network medicine, network science, statistical physics, network control, machine learning, bioinformatics, etc.

Starting date: Flexible.

Duration: For visiting undergraduate students, we wish the duration could be at least 9 months, ideally one year. For visiting graduate students, we wish the duration could be at least 18 months, ideally two years.

Application: Please send your application consisting of Cover Letter, Curriculum Vitae and Research Statement (as one single PDF file) to yyl@channing.harvard.edu. Also, we highly encourage you to arrange two recommendation letters sent directly from the letter writers to yyl@channing.harvard.edu.