Bioinformatics Data Analyst I
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Full-time
Analysis
Posted on May 18, 2023
Announcement
Details
Open Date
05/17/2023
Requisition Number
PRN35013B
Job Title
Bioinformatics Data Analyst I
Working Title
NLP Data Analyst I
Job Grade
F
FLSA Code
Administrative
Patient Sensitive Job Code?
No
Standard Hours per Week
40
Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time
Shift
Day
Work Schedule Summary
Employees must reside in the state of Utah but may have the opportunity to work a hybrid (in-office and remote) work schedule. Possible consideration of a request for a fully remote work schedule, subject to approval and change.
VP Area
U of U Health - Academics
Department
00952 - Division of Epidemiology
Location
Campus
City
Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment
External Posting
Pay Rate Range
47,600 to 84,249
Close Date
05/24/2023
Open Until Filled
No
Job Summary
The Division of Epidemiology within the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah seeks a highly motivated, independent NLP Data Analyst to join our dynamic, fast-paced collaborative research team. The individual will join an established, progressive team of innovators conducting research within the University of Utah and for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which has one of the largest electronic medical record databases in the world.
A successful candidate will collaborate and conduct health outcomes and health service research using electronic medical records. She or he will evaluate the relationship between medical conditions and their causes and medical interventions and their outcomes through data analysis. This individual will work both independently and assist researchers in the field of Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing ( NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Informational Retrieval (IR) to analyze, extract, and interpret healthcare data from multiple environments across the nation and evaluate or create new data analysis and data management tools. The selected candidate will collaborate within a research team completing all aspects of a project through study design, regulatory approvals, project management, statistical analysis, as well as interpretation and dissemination of results. The research team combines the best of traditional epidemiologic methods along with advanced analytics and informatics methods in creative, cross-disciplinary activities. We subscribe to the philosophy of open data science and look to build upon the work of others and make our work as transparent and community driven as possible. This includes the use of standards, open-source software, and community-driven common data models.
This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
Work Environment and Level of Frequency typically required
Nearly Continuously: Office environment.
Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required
Nearly Continuously: Sitting, hearing, listening, talking.
Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.
Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's of Science degree with a focus on Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer Science or Molecular Biology or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience). Two years of experience in genomic data analysis required. Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also required.
Software development experience in object oriented programming using Java, Python, and or C++ and familiarity with molecular biology, genomics and some biostatistics helpful.
Master of Science degree or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science and/or Life Sciences preferred.
Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.
Preferences
Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary
Additional Information
The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.
Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified persons with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.
The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran's status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.
To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action:
Director/ Title IX Coordinator
Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (OEO/AA)
383 University Street, Level 1 OEO Suite
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-8365
oeo@utah.edu
Online reports may be submitted at oeo.utah.edu
For more information: https://www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/
To inquire about this posting, email: employment@utah.edu or call 801-581-2300.
The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS' post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.
This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.
https://safety.utah.edu/safetyreport This report includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes, arrests and referrals for disciplinary action, and Violence Against Women Act offenses. They also provide information about safety and security-related services offered by the University of Utah. A paper copy can be obtained by request at the Department of Public Safety located at 1658 East 500 South.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Required Documents
Details
Open Date
05/17/2023
Requisition Number
PRN35013B
Job Title
Bioinformatics Data Analyst I
Working Title
NLP Data Analyst I
Job Grade
F
FLSA Code
Administrative
Patient Sensitive Job Code?
No
Standard Hours per Week
40
Full Time or Part Time?
Full Time
Shift
Day
Work Schedule Summary
Employees must reside in the state of Utah but may have the opportunity to work a hybrid (in-office and remote) work schedule. Possible consideration of a request for a fully remote work schedule, subject to approval and change.
VP Area
U of U Health - Academics
Department
00952 - Division of Epidemiology
Location
Campus
City
Salt Lake City, UT
Type of Recruitment
External Posting
Pay Rate Range
47,600 to 84,249
Close Date
05/24/2023
Open Until Filled
No
Job Summary
The Division of Epidemiology within the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah seeks a highly motivated, independent NLP Data Analyst to join our dynamic, fast-paced collaborative research team. The individual will join an established, progressive team of innovators conducting research within the University of Utah and for the Department of Veterans Affairs, which has one of the largest electronic medical record databases in the world.
A successful candidate will collaborate and conduct health outcomes and health service research using electronic medical records. She or he will evaluate the relationship between medical conditions and their causes and medical interventions and their outcomes through data analysis. This individual will work both independently and assist researchers in the field of Computational Linguistics, Natural Language Processing ( NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Informational Retrieval (IR) to analyze, extract, and interpret healthcare data from multiple environments across the nation and evaluate or create new data analysis and data management tools. The selected candidate will collaborate within a research team completing all aspects of a project through study design, regulatory approvals, project management, statistical analysis, as well as interpretation and dissemination of results. The research team combines the best of traditional epidemiologic methods along with advanced analytics and informatics methods in creative, cross-disciplinary activities. We subscribe to the philosophy of open data science and look to build upon the work of others and make our work as transparent and community driven as possible. This includes the use of standards, open-source software, and community-driven common data models.
This position has no responsibility for providing care to patients.
Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Using data science to synthesize unstructured, disjointed information in to meaningful, compelling narratives that facilitate development and refinement of the health system strategy.
- Performing electronic medical record data analysis.
- Performing data preparation and analysis as well as management of complex clinical data sources.
- Writing abstracts and generates analytic reports.
- Utilizing critical thinking to manage studies by planning, assisting with study design, developing statements of work and analysis plans, monitoring progress, evaluating data quality, analyzing data, validating results, and seeking ways to improve workflow.
- Designing and validating NLP algorithms for efficient information extraction, information retrieval, and text mining.
- Creating, maintaining, and documenting computer software for data analysis and management.
- Participating in grant application process and publication of the study outcomes.
- Implementing, designing, and assisting investigators with the design of research studies.
- Collaborating with study and analytics team to test hypotheses, answer key questions, summarize data, and create reports.
- Providing technical and scientific assistance and expertise on epidemiology and collaborate with Federal, state, and local partners and non-government stakeholders.
Work Environment and Level of Frequency typically required
Nearly Continuously: Office environment.
Physical Requirements and Level of Frequency that may be required
Nearly Continuously: Sitting, hearing, listening, talking.
Often: Repetitive hand motion (such as typing), walking.
Seldom: Bending, reaching overhead.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's of Science degree with a focus on Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Computer Science or Molecular Biology or equivalency (one year of education can be substituted for two years of related work experience). Two years of experience in genomic data analysis required. Demonstrated human relations and effective communication skills also required.
Software development experience in object oriented programming using Java, Python, and or C++ and familiarity with molecular biology, genomics and some biostatistics helpful.
Master of Science degree or PhD in Bioinformatics, Computer Science and/or Life Sciences preferred.
Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.
Preferences
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Highly motivated and self-directed.
- Strong planning and time management skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Team player who will enjoy working in a continual learning and growing atmosphere
- Capacity to effectively present results at conferences and meetings, to stakeholders and peers
- Strong study design and data analysis skills
- Strong understanding of and appreciation for NLP research.
- Demonstrated ability to create lexical semantic resources for NLP-based applications
- Demonstrated knowledge of SQL required.
- Demonstrated ability with Python preferred.
- Clinical NLP experience, preferably including experience with medspacy, UIMA, MetaMap, and cTAKES.
- Demonstrated knowledge of machine learning techniques, including deep learning and word embedding.
- Familiarity with epidemiology, biostatistics and observational health data preferred.
- Ability to work independently and as a team player, to work on multiple projects under pressure and with tight timelines and maintain the attention to detail quality.
Benefited Staff
Special Instructions Summary
Additional Information
The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students from diverse backgrounds and possess a strong commitment to improving access to higher education for historically underrepresented students.
Individuals from historically underrepresented groups, such as minorities, women, qualified persons with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. Veterans' preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.
The University of Utah is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, or protected veteran's status. The University does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, as required by Title IX and 34 CFR part 106. The requirement not to discriminate in education programs or activities extends to admission and employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, to the Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, or both.
To request a reasonable accommodation for a disability or if you or someone you know has experienced discrimination or sexual misconduct including sexual harassment, you may contact the Director/Title IX Coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action:
Director/ Title IX Coordinator
Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (OEO/AA)
383 University Street, Level 1 OEO Suite
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-8365
oeo@utah.edu
Online reports may be submitted at oeo.utah.edu
For more information: https://www.utah.edu/nondiscrimination/
To inquire about this posting, email: employment@utah.edu or call 801-581-2300.
The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS' post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules.
This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.
https://safety.utah.edu/safetyreport This report includes statistics about criminal offenses, hate crimes, arrests and referrals for disciplinary action, and Violence Against Women Act offenses. They also provide information about safety and security-related services offered by the University of Utah. A paper copy can be obtained by request at the Department of Public Safety located at 1658 East 500 South.
Posting Specific Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * How many years of experience do you have in genomic data analysis?
- Less than 1 year
- 1 year or more, but less than 2 years
- 2 year or more, but less than 4 years
- 4 years or more, but less than 6 years
- 6 years or more
- * Do you have a related Bachelor's degree or equivalency? (2 years related work experience may be substituted for 1 year of education)
- Yes
- No
- * Do you have a Master's or terminal degree?
- Yes
- No
- * Are you legally authorized to work in the United States?
- Yes
- No
- * Will you now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g., H-1B status)?
- Yes
- No
Required Documents
- Resume
- List of References
- Cover Letter
- Addendum to the University of Utah - Veteran Only - Call 801.581.2169 after submission
- Appropriate discharge document (such as a DD-214 – Member Copy 4) – Veteran Only – Call 801.581.2169