Research Associate Data Scientist- Surgery Chair, Ruppin Lab

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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 & 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.
• Keeps appropriate analytical records, documentation, and software version control.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.