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Job Description 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. 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. ? Performs all other duties as assigned. Qualifications Education: Bachelor’s Degreeincomputer science, machine learning, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related discipline required. Master’s Degreeincomputer science, machine learning, applied mathematics, econometrics, statistics, engineering, physics, or related discipline preferred. Experience: 2 years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries working with biomedical data. 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. 2 years-Experience in programming at a basic to intermediate proficiency level in SQL preferred Experience in biomedical machine learning is preferred Req ID : 12121 Working Title : Research Data Scientist- Surgery Chair, Ronai Lab Department : Research – Surgery Chair Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Job Category : Information Technology Job Specialty : Bus Intelligence/Reporting Overtime Status : EXEMPT Primary Shift : Day Shift Duration : 8 hour Base Pay : $94,764 – $161,096