Research Associate Data Scientist - Ajami Lab - Department of Neurology

Cedars-Sinai • West Hollywood, CA

3d • $78,333 - $133,162 • Onsite

About The Position

The Research Associate Data Scientist participates in biomedical research projects using programming, data -mining, statistics, machine learning, and visualization techniques to assist with the development, evaluation, and/or applications of algorithms, methods, and software for data analysis. Responsibilities include querying databases, data cleaning and quality control, supervised and unsupervised machine learning, parametric and nonparametric statistical methods, deploying production models, and assisting with the 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.

Requirements

• programming
• data-mining
• statistics
• machine learning
• visualization techniques
• R
• Python
• SQL
• neo4j
• GitHub

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, neo4j).
• Creates sustainable data science infrastructure and adheres to data analysis/machine learning standards.
• Performs data cleaning, quality control, and exploratory data analysis to gauge the need for or appropriateness of advanced analytical methods
• Assists research, senior research, and/or lead research 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 adaptability of data applications with version control through GitHub.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed