What are the responsibilities and job description for the Data Scientist position at The University of Pittsburgh?
Data Scientist
We are seeking highly skilled and motivated personnel to work on high-throughput data analyses and development of computational pipelines for data processing and visualization. We are highly interdisciplinary and collaborative, and the candidate will be interacting with experimental/ clinical researchers at the VMI. The novel hypotheses generated from the work may be tested by experiments.
Major duties:
- Preprocessing and exploratory analysis of high-throughput omics data (e.g., genomics, transcriptomics, epigenomics, metabolomics) and clinical data
- Installation and testing of publicly available bioinformatics tools
- Clinical and demographic data extraction from public and internal databases
- Construction of in-house database and computational data processing pipeline
Assists in the execution of research objectives, data collection, and data management. Performs routine procedures, statistical analysis, scientific analysis, and reporting. Integrates data and data sets, performs descriptive and exploratory analysis, and creates routine reports and analysis reporting tools. Utilizes statistical software and adheres to all protocols.
- Fluency in Python or R programming languages
- Basic knowledge of statistics, mathematics and molecular biology
- Motivation to meet deadlines
This position is mostly sedentary; however the candidate may need to go to university offices for meetings, lectures, division seminars.
The University of Pittsburgh is committed to championing all aspects of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility within our community. This commitment is a fundamental value of the University and is crucial in helping us advance our mission, which includes attracting and retaining diverse workforces. We will continue to create and maintain an environment that allows individuals to discover, belong, contribute, and grow, while honoring the experiences, perspectives, and unique identities of all.
The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and values equality of opportunity, human dignity and diversity. EOE, including disability/vets.
