What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist II, General Internal Medicine position at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center?
The Department of Internal Medicine is an ideal environment for basic research and seeks to set the standard of excellence in service to their stakeholders by supporting research that leads to organizational success. The department takes a multidisciplinary approach to basic research allowing the department to deliver the future of medicine, today. Internal Medicine department aims to advance UT Southwestern's research mission through SCIENCE.Stewardship Compliance Innovation Expertise Network Communication Education
The Division of General Internal Medicine is seeking a Data Scientist with academic research experience for investigator-initiated longitudinal, observational, and registry studies. This new position will primarily support a team of clinician-investigators in the Division of General Internal Medicine comprising the Cancer Care Delivery Research Collaborative to conduct large, data-intensive, health services research studies. Prominent research themes include cancer care delivery, administrative claims databases, registry development, streamlining EMR utility, and improving the quality of care.
Preferred Qualifications- Proficient with at least one of the following packages: SAS, STATA, R, or Python
- Ability to demonstrate expertise in multiple regression modeling and multilevel modeling
- Strong preference will be given to candidates with experience with network analysis, machine learning and natural language processing.
Projects may include:
- Curating datasets joined from underlying structured and unstructured sources, including large Tumor Registries, electronic health records, administrative claims-like data from Parkland, UTSW, and elsewhere.
- Develop statistical analysis plan with the Biostatistician and independently conducting analysis for care delivery research projects for Drs. Megan Mullins, Charles Jiang, and Arthur Hong.
- M.S. in Computer Science, Bioinformatics, (Bio)mathematics, (Bio)statistics, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or related field OR
- B.S. with demonstrated experience in broadly defined areas of bioinformatics.OR
- Two (2) - four (4) years post-graduation experience in data analysis and/or scientific software development.
- Analyzes and develops formalisms, algorithms and software for applications in biomedical research.
- Develops and maintains software tools and infrastructure for resolving specific problems.
- Performs the development, testing and revision of programs in a team with diverse bioinformatics expertise.
- Advises and assists users and other personnel in analyzing, defining and resolving computational problems.
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