Data Analytics Associate

Title: 

Data Analytics Associate


Division: 

Pediatrics

Schedule: 

Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Work Location: 

Houston, TX

Salary Range: 

$60,995 – $70,733

FLSA Status: 

Exempt

Requisition ID: 

13517



Summary

Become a key team member of a translational research team investigating neurological disease. The successful candidate will develop and optimize innovative data analytics workflow to integrate various types of data, ranging from high-throughput NGS data, electronic health records, patients’ survey, to publication data. The successful candidate will be working closely with cross-functional projects with scientists and medical experts from diverse expertise.

 

This position may offer the flexibility of a hybrid work arrangement.

Job Duties

• Carries out data analyses and provides computational supports for biomedical medical sciences research.
• Evaluates, processes, and analyzes NGS datasets, including RNA, ChIP, WGBS, WES, WGS, proteomics, single-cell data, etc.
• Evaluates, processes, and analyzes other relevant datasets, such as EHR, publicly mined publications, etc.
• Develops, optimizes, and maintains analysis pipelines for reproducible analyses.
• Prepares reports and meets with collaborators to present the analytical methods or findings. 
• Works closely with other collaborators in the cross-functional team.
• Assists with drafting and completing manuscripts for publication and grant proposals.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Two years of relevant experience.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with data analytics, bioinformatics algorithms/tools, and large-scale data analysis.
• Strong understanding of data science, statistics, and machine learning. Deep learning experience is a plus.
• Experience with language processing, large-scale multi-modal data.
• Proficiency in scientific programming with R, Python, Perl or equivalents. 
• Strong communication and scientific reporting skills (verbal, written, and graphical). 
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills with explicit attention to details.
• Creative, open-minded, critical reasoning, and passionate about scientific research.
• Effectively collaborative and motivated by challenges.

 

 

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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