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| 2 | Job Summary Involves developing and utilizing computational tools and systems to analyze and interpr | ||||
| > | et biological or other research data. Utilizes and develops algorithms, computational techniques, an | ||||
| > | d standard statistical methodologies. Helps in the design of new experiments and leads the execution | ||||
| > | of building machine learning and statistical models. Implements end-user needs in database developm | ||||
| > | ent, maintenance, searching, and integration. Maintains computational infrastructure and manages and | ||||
| > | tracks the flow of samples and information for large-scale studies. Provides bioinformatics and acc | ||||
| > | ess to public and proprietary databases. Manages cloud and on-premises computational infrastructure | ||||
| > | and data. Generic Scope Professional who applies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to co | ||||
| > | mplete substantive assignments / projects / tasks of moderate scope and complexity; exercises judgme | ||||
| > | nt within defined guidelines and practices to determine appropriate action. Custom Scope Our researc | ||||
| > | h efforts are at the intersection of cardiovascular disease and human genetics. Our clinical researc | ||||
| > | h efforts employ new techniques for deep phenotyping, such as deep learning. But these techniques re | ||||
| > | ly on a solid foundation of classical bioinformatics. The Bioinformatics Programmer/Data Scientist w | ||||
| > | ill assist in managing, cleaning, and analyzing large scale medical data using a wide variety of ana | ||||
| > | lytic techniques, both in the cloud and with on-premises compute depending on data permissions. Expe | ||||
| > | rience with a cloud provider such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud is a plus, and ability to | ||||
| > | learn how to manage cloud-based pipelines, and to perform cloud data management will be essential s | ||||
| > | kills to develop and maintain. Maintaining bioinformatic databases by obtaining and restructuring da | ||||
| > | ta, including both UCSF proprietary data and public data, and writing tools to streamline discovery | ||||
| > | and replication analyses using these databases will be core responsibilities. An important task will | ||||
| > | be writing and maintaining analytic pipelines in languages such as R, python, Go, Rust, shell, SQL, | ||||
| > | WDL, and/or other appropriate languages, and using tools such as Docker. Experience with databases | ||||
| > | or the ability to learn will be requisite. Under the supervision of the PI, the Data Scientist will | ||||
| > | also be involved in data analysis, and will be comfortable with bioinformatic analyses including var | ||||
| > | iant calling and annotation. There will be opportunities to employ cutting-edge methods and to devel | ||||
| > | op new methods. The ability to learn and implement new techniques depending on the problem at hand w | ||||
| > | ill be an essential skill, thus requiring a strong foundation in computer programming. This position | ||||
| > | will also include administrative duties and will have the opportunity to participate in—and to lead | ||||
| > | —authorship teams. DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW The Division of Cardiology is one of the largest clinical, re | ||||
| > | search and training divisions of the Department of Medicine (DOM) at UCSF. Within the Division are n | ||||
| > | ine sub-specialty sections for: Adult Congenital Heart Disease; Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant, | ||||
| > | and Pulmonary Hypertension; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Cardio-Oncology and Immunology; Critical Care | ||||
| > | Cardiology; Echocardiography and Cardiac Imaging; General Cardiology; Interventional Cardiology; an | ||||
| > | d Prevention. The Division runs several clinical practices in multiple sites, conducts basic and cli | ||||
| > | nical research, and educates medical students, residents, clinical fellows and postdoctoral scholars | ||||
| > | through ACGME as well as non-ACGME training programs. In addition, the Division has significant and | ||||
| > | complex financial and administrative relationships with DOM and the UCSF Medical Center, as well as | ||||
| > | large patient care programs in the sections noted above, large clinical, Federal, and privately sup | ||||
| > | ported research programs and six faculty laboratories. The Division has over 80 full-time faculty, a | ||||
| > | nd 39 clinical fellows. The Division currently expends over $22 million per year in pursuit of its c | ||||
| > | linical, research, training, and service missions. While the Division is primarily split between the | ||||
| > | Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses, fellows have rotations at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General | ||||
| > | Hospital (ZSFG) and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC). The Pirruccello lab | ||||
| > | is also part of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and the Institute for Human Geneti | ||||
| > | cs at UCSF, and the Data Scientist will be part of the larger computational community and infrastruc | ||||
| > | ture. ABOUT UCSF The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicate | ||||
| > | d to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in th | ||||
| > | e life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the | ||||
| > | 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Involves developing and utilizing computational tools and systems to analyze and interpret biologic |
| > | al or other research data. Utilizes and develops algorithms, computational techniques, and standard | ||||
| > | statistical methodologies. Helps in the design of new experiments and leads the execution of buildin | ||||
| > | g machine learning and statistical models. Implements end-user needs in database development, mainte | ||||
| > | nance, searching, and integration. Maintains computational infrastructure and manages and tracks the | ||||
| > | flow of samples and information for large-scale studies. Provides bioinformatics and access to publ | ||||
| > | ic and proprietary databases. Manages cloud and on-premises computational infrastructure and data. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications - Working knowledge of bioinformatics methods and data structures. - Working | 4 | |||
| > | knowledge of biostatistics and basic statistical testing. - Working knowledge of systems programmin | ||||
| > | g and databases. - Working knowledge of application and data security concepts. - 12 months or more | ||||
| > | of demonstrated work experience using medical and/or health-related data, or similar, including deve | ||||
| > | loping pipelines for extracting, transforming, and loading data, and data analysis. - Ability to eff | ||||
| > | ectively manage time and see assigned parts of projects through to completion on deadline. - Basic c | ||||
| > | onsultation and communication skills. - Demonstrated fluency and competency with statistical program | ||||
| > | ming with the R programming language or the Python programming language. - Experience with or a demo | ||||
| > | nstrated ability to learn and implement data management and computational pipelines for management o | ||||
| > | f large-scale data. - At least 6 months of experience in direct data management and analysis using m | ||||
| > | edical and/or health-related data using the above tools. - Ability to lead and maintain data pipelin | ||||
| > | es for real-time data acquisition from clinical systems. - Ability to multi-task and work well with | ||||
| > | limited supervision. - Working project management skills. - Interpersonal skills in order to work wi | ||||
| > | th both technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization. - Ability to co | ||||
| > | mmunicate technical information in a clear and concise manner. - Self motivated, able to learn quick | ||||
| > | ly, meet deadlines and demonstrate problem solving skills. Required Education - Bachelor's degree in | ||||
| > | biological science, computational / programming, or related area and / or equivalent experience / t | ||||
| > | raining. Preferred Education - MS or greater in a related science or an equivalent combination of ed | ||||
| > | ucation and experience. - PhD in a field relevant to biomedical research (bioinformatics, biomedical | ||||
| > | engineering), or computer science (computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence) or | ||||
| > | similar. | ||||
| 5 | Generic Scope | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | Professional who applies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to complete substantive assi | ||||
| > | gnments / projects / tasks of moderate scope and complexity; exercises judgment within defined guide | ||||
| > | lines and practices to determine appropriate action. | ||||
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| 9 | Custom Scope | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | Our research efforts are at the intersection of cardiovascular disease and human genetics. Our clin | ||||
| > | ical research efforts employ new techniques for deep phenotyping, such as deep learning. But these t | ||||
| > | echniques rely on a solid foundation of classical bioinformatics. The Bioinformatics Programmer/Data | ||||
| > | Scientist will assist in managing, cleaning, and analyzing large scale medical data using a wide va | ||||
| > | riety of analytic techniques, both in the cloud and with on-premises compute depending on data permi | ||||
| > | ssions. Experience with a cloud provider such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud is a plus, an | ||||
| > | d ability to learn how to manage cloud-based pipelines, and to perform cloud data management will be | ||||
| > | essential skills to develop and maintain. | ||||
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| 13 | Maintaining bioinformatic databases by obtaining and restructuring data, including both UCSF propri | ||||
| > | etary data and public data, and writing tools to streamline discovery and replication analyses using | ||||
| > | these databases will be core responsibilities. An important task will be writing and maintaining an | ||||
| > | alytic pipelines in languages such as R, python, Go, Rust, shell, SQL, WDL, and/or other appropriate | ||||
| > | languages, and using tools such as Docker. Experience with databases or the ability to learn will b | ||||
| > | e requisite. | ||||
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| 15 | Under the supervision of the PI, the Data Scientist will also be involved in data analysis, and wil | ||||
| > | l be comfortable with bioinformatic analyses including variant calling and annotation. There will be | ||||
| > | opportunities to employ cutting-edge methods and to develop new methods. The ability to learn and i | ||||
| > | mplement new techniques depending on the problem at hand will be an essential skill, thus requiring | ||||
| > | a strong foundation in computer programming. | ||||
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| 17 | This position will also include administrative duties and will have the opportunity to participate | ||||
| > | in—and to lead—authorship teams. | ||||
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| 19 | DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW | ||||
| 20 | |||||
| 21 | The Division of Cardiology is one of the largest clinical, research and training divisions of the D | ||||
| > | epartment of Medicine (DOM) at UCSF. Within the Division are nine sub-specialty sections for: Adult | ||||
| > | Congenital Heart Disease; Advanced Heart Failure, Transplant, and Pulmonary Hypertension; Cardiac El | ||||
| > | ectrophysiology; Cardio-Oncology and Immunology; Critical Care Cardiology; Echocardiography and Card | ||||
| > | iac Imaging; General Cardiology; Interventional Cardiology; and Prevention. | ||||
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| 23 | The Division runs several clinical practices in multiple sites, conducts basic and clinical researc | ||||
| > | h, and educates medical students, residents, clinical fellows and postdoctoral scholars through ACGM | ||||
| > | E as well as non-ACGME training programs. In addition, the Division has significant and complex fina | ||||
| > | ncial and administrative relationships with DOM and the UCSF Medical Center, as well as large patien | ||||
| > | t care programs in the sections noted above, large clinical, Federal, and privately supported resear | ||||
| > | ch programs and six faculty laboratories. | ||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | The Division has over 80 full-time faculty, and 39 clinical fellows. The Division currently expends | ||||
| > | over $22 million per year in pursuit of its clinical, research, training, and service missions. Whi | ||||
| > | le the Division is primarily split between the Parnassus and Mission Bay campuses, fellows have rota | ||||
| > | tions at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs | ||||
| > | Medical Center (SFVAMC). | ||||
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| 27 | The Pirruccello lab is also part of the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute and the Insti | ||||
| > | tute for Human Genetics at UCSF, and the Data Scientist will be part of the larger computational com | ||||
| > | munity and infrastructure. | ||||
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| 29 | ABOUT UCSF | ||||
| 30 | |||||
| 31 | The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting h | ||||
| > | ealth worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences | ||||
| > | and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC sy | ||||
| > | stem dedicated exclusively to the health sciences. | ||||