Job Description

Emory University is a leading research university that fosters excellence and attracts world-class talent to innovate today and prepare leaders for the future. We welcome candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our academic community.

Description
Our lab specializes in developing precision medicine algorithms for critically ill patients using EHR data. We are looking for a full-time data scientist with proficiency in R and python, and the ability to take machine learning projects from beginning to end, from data cleaning to pre-processing to development and validation of supervised and unsupervised learning algorithms.



KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Data Scientist is responsible for mining and analyzing data from various internal and external data sources to drive optimization and improvement of operations, clinical outcomes, and business strategies.
Works with stakeholders throughout the organization to drive business solutions and are adept at using large data sets and models to test the effectiveness of different courses of action using predictive algorithms.
They assess the effectiveness and accuracy of new data sources and data gathering techniques.
Data Scientist is an expert in at least 1 programming language (e.g. R, SAS, Python), has proficiency in statistical theory and underlying mathematical distributions, and expertise in querying relational databases with SQL.
They have experience with of a variety of machine learning techniques (clustering, decision tree learning, artificial neural networks, etc.) and can demonstrate real-world application of these techniques.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Master's or PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science or another quantitative field and 3 years of relevant experience.
NOTE: This role will be granted the opportunity to work from home regularly but must be able to commute to Emory University on a flexible weekly schedule based upon business needs.  Schedule is based on agreed upon guidelines of department. This role requires residency in the state of GA. Emory reserves the right to change remote work status with notice to employee.