Data Science Analyst 1

Augusta University • Augusta, GA

30d

About The Position

The Department of AI & Health seeks a Data Scientist 1 to join our growing research unit at a transformative time in healthcare research. This position plays a critical role in advancing our computational capabilities and establishing our department as a leader in AI-driven health research. You will work on cutting-edge projects involving medical imaging, electronic health records, genomics, and real-time patient monitoring data, contributing to high-impact research in predictive diagnostics, personalized medicine, and clinical decision support systems. Your work will directly enable grant acquisition, accelerate publication output in top-tier journals, attract doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, and establish valuable partnerships with clinical departments and external collaborators seeking robust computational capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, Statistics, Engineering, or a related field and one year of related experience.
• Demonstrated experience with machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), or AI model development.
• Proficiency in Python, R, and data manipulation libraries (e.g., pandas, scikit-learn, TensorFlow/PyTorch).
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate complex technical findings for non-technical stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

• Prior involvement in healthcare, academic operations, or public sector analytics.
• Familiarity with EHR systems (Epic, Encompass) or academic admissions systems (AMCAS).
• Experience working with clinical, academic, or institutional datasets preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement predictive models using AI/ML techniques on structured and unstructured data (e.g., admissions data, EHRs, radiology reports).
• Work at the intersection of longitudinal machine learning, multi-modal analysis, clinical informatics, and population health.
• Conduct comprehensive data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model validation.
• Evaluate model fairness, bias, and explainability.
• Translate insights into operational recommendations through dashboards, briefings, and stakeholder presentations.
• Support strategic initiatives, including student success analytics, department crowding models, and early detection algorithms.
• Collaborate with clinicians, educators, and administrators to frame problems, understand data needs, and interpret model outputs.
• Translate insights into operational recommendations through dashboards, briefings, and stakeholder presentations.

Benefits

• Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees.
• Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays.
• Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. Consider applying with us today!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Educational Services
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees