Research Data Scientist II - Rotroff Lab

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### Job Title
Research Data Scientist II - Rotroff Lab

### Location
Cleveland

### Facility
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

### Department
RES Quantitative Health Sciences-Research Innov and Educ

### Job Code
T98855

### Shift
Days

### Schedule
8:00am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

The Rotroff Lab uses computational and experimental approaches, including genomic data, -omics technologies, and electronic health records, to advance precision medicine research. Our research focuses on identifying disease risk factors, improving treatment response predictions, and developing screening tools for conditions such as type 2 diabetes, chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, and liver disease. As a Research Data Scientist on our team, you will utilize statistical and machine learning techniques, along with high-performance data architectures and technologies, to build algorithms and perform advanced data analytics. In this role, you will apply programming skills in languages such as SAS, SQL, SPSS, R, Python, or similar tools to work effectively with relational databases and support data-driven decision-making across the organization.

Read more about the Rotroff lab: https://www.lerner.ccf.org/quantitative-health/rotroff/

A caregiver in this role works days from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

- Utilize statistical and machine learning techniques, high performance data architectures and technologies to build algorithms and perform data analytics.

- Utilize methods in the areas of Artificial Intelligence (AL), Machine Learning (ML), Deep Learning (DL), Natural Language Processing (NLP) to design and implement data solutions.

- Document best practices and solution frameworks.

- Collaborate with team members to develop analytical techniques.

- Utilize programming skills in SAS, SQL, SPSS and R or Python to create and design new reports independently.

- Conduct in-depth data analysis to develop and test hypotheses.

- Provide guidance to other team members on building basic models.

- Communicate and present analytical findings to other investigators.

- Identify innovative technologies available for analytical areas.
- Other duties as assigned.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

- Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering or a related field and four years of experience conducting data analytics, math or statistical modeling or machine learning

- OR Master’s degree in a similar field and two years of required experience

- OR PhD in a similar field

- Highly proficient programing skills in languages such as SAS, SQL, SPSS, R, Python, or similar

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

- Master’s degree in a similar field. This may substitute two years of required experience

- PhD in a similar field. This may substitute the experience requirement
- Experience working with large datasets within an electronic health record (EHR) system

Physical Requirements:

- Ability to perform work in a stationary position for extended periods
- Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment
- Ability to communicate and exchange accurate information
- In some locations, ability to move up to 15 pounds

Personal Protective Equipment:

- Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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