For what it's worth, I've been working for a few years in CS + bio at the NIH, and while demand for CS as IT exists, there's also now a pretty strong and broad

For what it's worth, I've been working for a few years in CS + bio at the NIH, and while demand for CS as IT exists, there's also now a pretty strong and broad demand for computer scientists for scientific research. Between all of our institutes there must be a couple dozen labs with projects in the areas you mention. One of the biggest things holding us back is just finding enough people with a CS background and interest in bio problems! From what I gather at conferences, there's a lot of work being done by many groups in the CS/bio/biostatistics space, and likely more to come.