The College of Pharmacy at the University of Kentucky is seeking a Biomedical Data Scientist to provide expert-level biostatistical and biomedical data science expertise to support research in cardiovascular disease and medication use in intensive care units.
Requirements
- Advanced R, SAS, SQL, Python, and/or C/C++ programming skills.
- Excellent analytical skills and ability to understand/interpret the use of data across multiple research programs.
- Advanced knowledge of healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Conduct quality control of big data.
- Build and maintain databases for biomedical research.
- Develop new tools or platforms to resolve emerging biomedical data.
- Design and direct innovative solutions for data products used in exploratory data analyses, generating and testing hypotheses, preparing and analyzing big data, identifying patterns and correlations among various data points and discover new insights for projects.
- Serve as subject matter expert for healthcare data and health informatics systems.
- Develop and test hypotheses in support of research and product offerings.
- Develop program projects to support research in cardiovascular disease and medication use in intensive care units.
Other
- Required Education: MS
- Required Related Experience: 1 yr
- Required License/Registration/Certification: None.
- Physical Requirements: Sitting at computer for long periods of time; carrying/lifting up to 10 lbs.; and moving throughout campus.
- Shift: Monday – Friday; occasional night and weekend depending upon research needs.
