<p>Job Description</p> <p>Data is vital to advance clinical knowledge across a spectrum of medical and surgical fields. Are you ready to transform data discoveries into valuable information, which will empower tomorrow's medicine?</p> <p>Dr. Andrew Hung is looking for a Research Data Scientist to join a diverse team!</p> <p>To learn more about the department - Hung Research Lab | Cedars-Sinai</p> <p>The Research 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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Primary Duties and Responsibilities</p> <ul> <li>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. </li><li>Assists with the presentation and communication of scientific results through laboratory meetings, scientific conferences, and peer-reviewed publications. </li><li>Creates database-to-deployment pipelines for models using the necessary programming languages (primarily R, Python, SQL). </li><li>Creates sustainable data science infrastructure and adheres to data analysis/machine learning best practices. </li><li>Performs exploratory data analysis to gauge the need for or appropriateness of advanced analytical methods. </li><li>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. </li><li>Tests and validates code to ensure robustness of data applications with version control through GitHub. </li><li>Performs all other duties as assigned. </li></ul> <p>Qualifications</p> <p>Bachelor's Degree in computer science, machine learning, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related discipline required.</p> <p>Master's Degree in computer science, machine learning, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related discipline preferred.</p> <p>Experience:</p> <p>2 years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries working with biomedical data.</p> <p>2 years - Experience in programming at an intermediate skill level with a high-level programming language such as R or Python. College projects may be acceptable.</p> <p>2 years - Experience in programming at a basic to intermediate proficiency level in SQL preferred</p> <p>Experience in biomedical machine learning is preferred</p> <p>Physical Demands:</p> <p>Standing, Walking, Sitting, Lifting 50 lbs. Carrying 50 lbs. Pushing 50 lbs. Pulling 50 lbs. Reaching, Handling, Grasping, Feeling, Talking, Hearing, Repetitive Motions, Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination</p> <p>Req ID : 11055</p> <p>Working Title : Urology Research Data Scientist - Hung Lab</p> <p>Department : Urology</p> <p>Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center</p> <p>Job Category : Information Technology</p> <p>Job Specialty : Bus Intelligence/Reporting</p> <p>Overtime Status : EXEMPT</p> <p>Primary Shift : Day</p> <p>Shift Duration : 8 hour</p> <p>Base Pay : $94,764 - $161,096</p>