Post-Doc Research Fellow II

Cook Children's Health Care System • Fort Worth, TX

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Postdoctoral Research Fellow II is a member of the Research team responsible for the acquisition, rigorous analysis, and presentation of clinical and research data through the use of statistical, algorithmic, mining, and visualization techniques. This individual designs experiments, collects data, tests hypotheses, builds models, conducts data analysis, and prepares scientific manuscripts and grants. In addition to advanced analytic skills, this individual is proficient at programming specialized software tools for the analysis of large datasets of clinical and research data. This individual also provides technical, programming and statistical consultation, guidance, and expert advice to students, research assistants, and Postdoctoral Research Fellows I. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow II is a resource for technical, programming, and statistical activities, maintaining an extensive working knowledge of methodological or conceptual developments in fields such as neuroscience, biostatistics, pharmacology, life sciences, and social sciences.

Requirements

• 2+ years in a postdoctoral position
• Demonstrated expertise in data collection, data processing, programming, and statistical methods
• Demonstrated expertise in collection and analysis of complex clinical and research data
• Demonstrated expertise in identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts
• Demonstrated expertise in programming languages
• Scientific productivity through at least two publications as first author in scientific journals indexed in PubMed

Responsibilities

• Acquisition, rigorous analysis, and presentation of clinical and research data
• Designing experiments
• Collecting data
• Testing hypotheses
• Building models
• Conducting data analysis
• Preparing scientific manuscripts and grants
• Programming specialized software tools for the analysis of large datasets of clinical and research data
• Providing technical, programming and statistical consultation, guidance, and expert advice to students, research assistants, and Postdoctoral Research Fellows I
• Maintaining an extensive working knowledge of methodological or conceptual developments in fields such as neuroscience, biostatistics, pharmacology, life sciences, and social sciences

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree