Research Data Scientist - Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Research Center

Cedars-Sinai • Beverly Hills, CA • 1h ago

Job Description

Join us as we translate today's discoveries into tomorrow's medicine!

Our mission in the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Research Center at Cedars-Sinai is to use AI to help solve existing gaps in mechanisms, diagnostics, risk assessment and therapeutics for major human disease conditions. Faculty and trainees in the center function as custodians of the patient's healthcare interests and harness Cedars-Sinai's clinical data warehouse and data from collaborating sites to design questions that are ethically vetted, evaluated, validated and implemented. The center consolidates AI, clinical validation and innovation under one umbrella. Using a disease-based approach enables cross-disciplinary connections among clinicians, scientists and trainees on multiple levels. To learn more, visit Cedars-Sinai | AIMRC.

Are you ready to be a part of breakthrough research?

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

Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

Leads 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.

Leads 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 best practices.

Performs data cleaning, quality control, exploratory data analysis to gauge the need for or appropriateness of advanced analytical methods.

Leads discussions with senior 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 robustness of data applications with version control through GitHub.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, machine learning, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related discipline is required. Master's degree, preferred.

Experience and Skills:

Two (2) years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries working with biomedical data.

Two (2) years of experience programming at an intermediate skill level with a high-level programming language such as R or Python. College projects may be acceptable.

Two (2) years of experience programming at a basic to intermediate proficiency level in SQL.

Experience in biomedical machine learning is preferred.

Collaborates to problem solve and make decisions to achieve desired outcomes.

Cultivates and maintains strong customer relationships and rapport with stakeholders and/or client groups.

Working knowledge of data privacy and security including best practices for data with personal health identifiers (PHI) covered under HIPAA.

Good interpersonal and communication skills including scientific writing. And has full command (verbal and written) of the English language.

Demonstrates commitment to customer service and an ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.

Demonstrated success working independently, forging relationships, and managing multiple tasks with minimal directions.

Ability to promote and foster participation/collaboration among individuals and groups.

Ability to handle multiple demands and/or manage complex and competing priorities.

Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information for research.

High level of proficiency using Microsoft Windows and other Microsoft Office software: MS Excel, Outlook, Powerpoint Word, etc.

Must be able to manage competing priorities, while being extremely adaptable and flexible and maintaining a positive work environment.

Cedars-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.

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