Research Associate Data Scientist-Schwab Lab - LosAngeles, United States - Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Description

Posted: 26-Nov-23

Location: Los Angeles, California

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:

Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: HRC1444347

Job Summary:

The Research Associate 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.

• Use different machine learning algorithms on patient and device data.

• Write reports, instructions, and peer reviewed journal papers.

• Present the center and their work at regular group or institutional meetings and at conferences.

• Manage short term undergraduate research assistants and interns.

• Help with the current and future projects in the lab.

Educational Requirements:

Bachelor or MSc degree in any STEM or proof of related projects and work (MSc is preferred)

Licenses:

Not required

Experience:

* Intermediate programming knowledge with python
* Basic knowledge and previous experience with using machine learning algorithms.
* Previous experience with system optimization projects.
* Writing and communication skills

Physical Demands:

standing, walking, sitting, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, eye/hand/foot coordination

Working Title: Research Associate Data Scientist-Schwab Lab
Department: Dept of Orthopaedics
Business Entity: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Job Category: Information Technology
Job Specialty: Business Intelligence/Reporting
Position Type: Full-time
Shift Length: 8 hour shift
Shift Type: Day
Base Pay:$78,400.00 – $133,100.00

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