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This position will be in the lab of Dr. Lili Chan housed in the Institute of Personalized Medicine in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan, New York, NY, USA.
Key topics of interest include but are not limited to: natural language processing, large language models, predictive modeling for disease outcomes and personalized therapeutic recommendations, working with common data model EHR standards (e.g., OMOP), multi-modal (e.g., genomics, imaging, and clinical data) deep learning for clinical decision support, unsupervised learning to discover biologically-relevant disease subtypes, among others. We have an interest in many disease domains including nephrology, cardiology, radiology, psychiatry, and others.
Data and Resources: Data resources include (a) Access to >8 million patient records in the Mount Sinai Data Warehouse (b) The BioMe Biobank Program with >30,000 patients with whole exome sequencing data linked to longitudinal clinical data. The candidates will have the opportunity to develop their own research projects and to lead or participate in local as well as international collaborations.
The analyst will join a dynamic team of data scientists, geneticists, and clinicians and participate in unique opportunities to apply deep learning for important scientific breakthroughs and to directly impact patients’ lives in a clinical setting.
Responsibilities
1. Designs and writes custom applications needed to ensure the database meets requirements for the entry, management and reporting of data.
2. Assists in the development of data management plans and guidelines that will deliver accurate, timelines consistent with quality data. Assures the quality control compliance process.
3. Identifies and implements solutions to data management issues and concerns that arise during the conduct of research studies.
4. Assists staff with technical issues related to electronic and remote record keeping systems; trains staff to help improve quality of data collected.
5. Assists medical students, interns, residents and/or program faculty with queries and generating statistical analyses.
6. Maintains knowledge of the current regulations and technologies related to data management.
7. May write and prepare manuscripts and other materials for internal and external audiences.
8. Performs other related duties.
Qualifications
The ideal candidates will have the following background:
1. A Masterss degree or a Bachelors degree with 2-3 years of experience in a quantitative science-related field (e.g., biomedical informatics, clinical informatics, machine learning, biostatistics, genetics, etc.)
2. Significant experience in biostatistics/machine learning techniques is preferred, ideally with published work and/or code available. Expertise with deep learning frameworks is preferred (e.g., Tensorflow, PyTorch, Keras).
3. Expertise with programming and statistical software experience in R and/or Python.
4. Formal computer science, statistics, or epidemiological training is a strong advantage.
5. Familiarity with the publication process.
6. Strong communication and presentation skills with fluency in spoken and written English.
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Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
- Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
- Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
- Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
We work hard to acquire and retain the best people and to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to professional advance. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise contribute to the patient experience and quality of patient care.
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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
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Compensation
The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $52500 - $74250 Annually. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
