Classification & Regular Hours

Hours per Week: 35

Salary Grade: R3

The base salary will be $76,490 - $109,190 per annum. Starting salary will be aligned with the successful candidate’s experience, skills, and demonstrated qualifications.

Please note, this is a wholly grant funded position.

About Western

With an international reputation for success, Western ranks as one of Canada's top research-intensive universities. Our research excellence expands knowledge and drives discovery with real-world application. Western also provides an exceptional employment experience, offering competitive salaries, a wide range of employment opportunities and one of Canada's most beautiful campuses.

About Us

IMMUNEQUITY is a new, large-scale international research program focused on advancing cutting-edge, affordable, and accessible approaches to HIV cure. The interdisciplinary research team spans Canada and sub-Saharan Africa and brings together biomedical engineers and biophysicists, immunologists, virologists, clinicians, economists, legal experts, community partners, biotechnology companies, and external foundations. The program is advancing promising HIV immunotherapies while addressing the cost, manufacturing, monitoring, and delivery challenges that currently limit broader access.

Frugal innovation is central to this work, guiding the development of sustainable, high-performance technologies to support treatment production, monitoring of therapies, and delivery in low-resource settings. The team will also address the intellectual property, regulatory, and healthcare policy considerations needed to support equitable access to HIV cure therapies across sub-Saharan Africa. Together, these efforts aim to move promising HIV cure strategies from scientific discovery toward practical, scalable, and equitable implementation.

Responsibilities

The Research Scientist, Bioinformatics and Data Management, provides scientific leadership and expertise in the management, integration, analysis, interpretation, and visualization of complex biological and research datasets generated through the IMMUNEQUITY initiative. Working closely with the Principal Investigator, researchers, trainees, and international collaborators, the role develops and implements advanced bioinformatics, computational, and data science approaches to support scientific discovery, advance HIV cure research, and contribute to the development of equitable and accessible HIV cure strategies. The role also provides leadership for data management across the initiative, ensuring that data generated across research sites are high-quality,



consistently organized, appropriately governed, and reproducible. Through collaboration with multidisciplinary teams across Canada and Uganda, the position enables rigorous, integrated, and data-driven research across the initiative.

Qualifications

Education

- PhD in Bioinformatics and Data Analytics or relevant discipline
- Postdoctoral training in bioinformatics, computational biology, virology, immunology, genomics, or related biomedical research preferred
- Specialized training in machine learning, artificial intelligence, statistical modelling, data visualization, or high-performance computing preferred
- Training or experience in research data management, data governance, and reproducible research practices preferred

Experience:
- 5 years of experience in bioinformatics, computational biology, data science, or a related research environment
- Experience structuring, managing, integrating, and analyzing large and complex biological, genomic, clinical, immunological, or multi-omics databases and datasets
- Experience developing and implementing bioinformatics pipelines, databases, analytical workflows, and data-management systems
- Experience with statistical analysis, data modelling, data visualization, and interpretation of complex scientific datasets
- Experience programming in languages commonly used for bioinformatics and data analysis (e.g., R, Python, SQL)
- Experience supporting scientific publications, grant applications, ethics submissions, and research projects
- Experience working collaboratively within multidisciplinary research teams
- Experience working with HIV, infectious disease, immunology, genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, or biotherapeutics research preferred
- Experience supporting international or multi-institutional research collaborations preferred
- Experience working with cloud computing, high-performance computing environments, or large-scale research databases preferred
- Experience mentoring students, trainees, and research staff preferred
- Experience leading analytical strategy or data-management activities within a large externally funded research initiative preferred

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:




- Advanced knowledge of bioinformatics, computational biology, biostatistics, data science, and research data management principles
- Demonstrated expertise in structuring, managing, integrating, analyzing, and interpreting large and complex datasets
- Ability to develop, implement, validate, and optimize analytical pipelines, computational workflows, and database structures
- Knowledge of data governance, data quality, privacy, security, and research data management best practices
- Solid understanding of research design, experimental methodologies, and statistical analysis
- Ability to translate complex analytical findings into clear and meaningful scientific conclusions
- Demonstrated ability to support multidisciplinary research programs and collaborate effectively across diverse scientific disciplines
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to identify analytical challenges and implement innovative solutions
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to prepare technical reports, publications, presentations, and funding proposals
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to scientific and non-scientific audiences
- Demonstrated ability to mentor, train, and support students, trainees, and research personnel
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines simultaneously
- Knowledge of research ethics, responsible conduct of research, privacy requirements, and research data governance frameworks
- Commitment to scientific rigor, reproducibility, data integrity, and continuous improvement
- Ability to build productive working relationships with investigators, collaborators, partner institutions, and external stakeholders

Western Values Diversity

The University invites applications from all qualified individuals. Western is committed to employment equity and diversity in the workplace and welcomes applications from women, members of racialized groups/visible minorities, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, and persons of any gender identity or gender expression.

Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodations for interviews or other meetings, please contact Human Resources or phone (phone hidden).

Please Note:

This position is an existing vacancy. This position is fully in-person, on-site. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those chosen for an interview will be contacted.

📌 Research Scientist, Bioinformatics and Data Management (IMMUNEQUITY) (London)
🏢 Western University
📍 London