Research Data Scientist – Computational Biomedicine, Omar Lab

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Job Ttitle: Research Data Scientist – Computational Biomedicine, Omar Lab

Company: Cedars-Sinai


Description: Job DescriptionGrow your career at Cedars-Sinai!Data is vital to advance clinical knowledge across a spectrum of medical and surgical fields. Are you ready to transform data discoveries into valuable information, which will empower tomorrow’s medicine?Dr. Mohamed Omar is looking for a Research Data Scientist to join a diverse team!To learn more about the department –The Research Data Scientist participates in biomedical research projects using programming, data-mining, statistics, machine learning, and visualization techniques to develop, evaluate, and/or apply algorithms and software for data analysis.Responsibilities include querying databases, data processing, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, deploying production models, and communication of scientific findings via peer-reviewed publications and scientific conferences. Writes clean, performant, reusable code managed on GitHub to perform repeatable analyses and to train and deploy models to multiple environments.Primary Duties and Responsibilities• Assists with the development, evaluation, and/or application of computational and statistical methods including artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms and software for the analysis of biomedical data.• Assists with the presentation and communication of scientific results through laboratory meetings, scientific conferences, and peer-reviewed publications.• Creates database-to-deployment pipelines for models using the necessary programming languages (primarily R, Python, SQL).• Creates sustainable data science infrastructure and adheres to data analysis/machine learning best practices.• Performs exploratory data analysis to gauge the need for or appropriateness of advanced analytical methods.• Works with senior or lead data scientists and principal investigators to identify areas where data science can best be applied to answer biomedical research questions.• Tests and validates code to ensure robustness of data applications with version control through GitHub.• Performs all other duties as assigned.QualificationsEducational Requirements:Bachelor’s Degree in computer science, machine learning, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related discipline required.Master’s Degree in computer science, machine learning, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related discipline preferred.Experience:2 years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries working with biomedical data.
2 years – Experience in programming at an intermediate skill level with a high-level programming language such as R or Python. College projects may be acceptable.
2 years – Experience in programming at a basic to intermediate proficiency level in SQL preferred
Experience in biomedical machine learning is preferredPhysical Demands:Standing, Walking, Sitting, Lifting 50 lbs. Carrying 50 lbs. Pushing 50 lbs. Pulling 50 lbs. Reaching, Handling, Grasping, Feeling, Talking, Hearing, Repetitive Motions, Eye/Hand/Foot CoordinationCedars-Sinai is an EEO employer. Cedars-Sinai does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of the race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics or any genetic information), marital status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, age (40 or older), military and/or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal or state law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at Applicant_Accommodation@cshs.org and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.Cedars-Sinai will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories, in accordance with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.At Cedars-Sinai, we are dedicated to the safety, health and well-being of our patients and employees. This includes protecting our patients from communicable diseases, such as influenza (flu). For this reason, we require that all new employees receive a flu vaccine based on the seasonal availability of flu vaccine (typically during September through March each year) as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter as a condition of continued employment.
Req ID : 6121
Working Title : Research Data Scientist – Computational Biomedicine, Omar Lab
Department : Computational Biomedicine
Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category : Information Technology
Job Specialty : Bus Intelligence/Reporting
Overtime Status : EXEMPT
Primary Shift : Day
Shift Duration : 8 hour
Base Pay : $94,764 – $161,096

Salary: $94764 – 161096 per year

Location: West Hollywood, CA

Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2024 08:48:59 GMT


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