04-08-2025

Research Technician (Graduate in Computer Engineering or similar qualification)

Ref.:

FIMIM3068-MARRUGAT

Institution:

FUNDACIÓ IMIM

Researcher/s responsible for the project:

Jaume Marrugat De La Iglesia

Project title:

El primer estudio de asociación de genoma completo (GWAS) con enfermedad coronaria poblacional a 10 años en más de 100.000 participantes para personalizar la prevención cardiovascular en España (PMP22/00033)

Research group / Service:

Girona Heart Registry (REGICOR) research group

Description:

The selected person will join the Girona Heart Registry (REGICOR) research group (Epidemiology and public health research program).

Task:

Management and handling of large-scale clinical-epidemiological databases on servers: anthropometric and baseline risk factor and comorbidity data, clinical diagnoses, repeated measurements of biochemical parameters and drug use, genetic and follow-up data. To do this it will be necessary that the candidate knows how to use external servers (dockers) and related software.

Formation:

Graduate in Computer Engineering or similar qualification

Experience:

Previous experience in large database management, clinical data cleaning and maintenance, artificial intelligence, neural networks in the management of omic data will be valued. Experience in research groups focused on the analysis of large clinical databases will be positively valued. Candidates with scientific publications will be highly valued.

Knowledge:

És imprescindible el coneixement de llenguatges com R, Bash, Python i SQL. També es valorarà el coneixement de High Performance Computing (HPC), dockers, Git i GitHub. És necessari tenir nivell avançat d'anglès.

Additional information:

The REGICOR group (Registre Gironí del Cor - www.regicor.cat) is a consolidated and multidisciplinary research group based at the Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM), within the Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB). It has been working for decades in the field of cardiovascular epidemiology and personalized medicine, with its own well-characterized cohort of the general population. The group also coordinates the CORDELIA project (www.cordeliaproject.net), which integrates data from 200,000 individuals from 35 Spanish cohorts. Some of these cohorts include detailed information on omics (genetics), disease diagnosis, clinical data, drug use and lifestyle. REGICOR promotes a collaborative work environment committed to equal opportunities, scientific innovation and the transfer of knowledge to society.

Contract:

Eventual 12p.

Schedule	Retribution	Hire date
Complete journey	24371.63 € bruts anuals	August 2025