Research Assistant (Hourly) Ha Lab

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 worlds 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 worlds 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 Ha Lab is a computational biology team working with interdisciplinary collaborators with expertise in experimental biology cancer biology and clinical cancer research. We are part of the Computational Biology Program and are housed in the newly remodeled Steam Plant building overlooking Lake Union near downtown Seattle and the University of Washington. We are seeking a highly motivated undergraduate student or recent graduate interested in learning about computational and analytical approaches to study genetics and epigenetics of cancer from tumor and liquid biopsies. One internship position is available for summer 2025.

Dr. Ha is a recipient of an NIH Directors New Innovator Award an NCI Transition Career Development Award a Prostate Cancer Foundation Young Investigator Award and a V Foundation Scholar Grant. His laboratory develops computational approaches to study cancer genomes from tumors and liquid biopsies such as circulating tumor DNA. Their goals are to uncover mechanisms of treatment resistance to identify blood-based genetic biomarkers and to translate these findings to help improve clinical applications.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Recent college graduate in a computer science or related program
• Have completed coursework in introductory biology and fundamentals of data science
• Have experience outside of coursework with coding language(s) such as R and Python

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

This position is not eligible for H1-B sponsorship at this time.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health well-being and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision dental flexible spending accounts life disability retirement family life support employee assistance program onsite health clinic tuition reimbursement paid vacation (12-22 days per year) paid sick leave (12-25 days per year) paid holidays (13 days per year) and paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).Paid time off is prorated for part-time positions.