"Research Teaching Specialist V"

Position Summary

Rutgers School of Health Professions (SHP) is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist V to work in the Department of Health Informatics.

Under the direction of the Principal Investigator(s), Dr. Priyadarshini Kachroo, the Research Teaching Specialist V will assist with ongoing projects in the Kachroo Translational Data Analytics Lab. The candidate is required to have a Bachelor's degree in health sciences and will be involved in routine data quality assessments, application of machine learning and artificial intelligence methods, data management tasks, manuscript development, grant proposal assistance and other relevant scientific activities like assisting in statistical analysis and data coding, presentation and manuscripts preparation, etc.

The Research Teaching Specialist V will have the opportunity to work with real-time electronic health record data, developing computational methods to integrate genomic, multi-omic, and environmental factors affecting lung health outcomes. Regular communication with Dr. Kachroo and related team members on assigned projects is expected. Research activities may also include but are not limited to basic analysis of quantitative and qualitative data with guidance of PI and related faculty.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Broadly assist with data cleaning, data analysis, and data interpretation using machine learning and artificial intelligence methods. The Research Teaching Specialist V will have the opportunity to work with real-time electronic health record data and computational method and pipeline development for integrating genomic, multi-omic, and environmental factors contributing to lung health outcomes and related conditions.
• Assist and collaborate with training fellows, and other lab members as directed.
• Assist with eIRB initiation, if applicable.
• Assist with grant proposals and support grant-related research activities.
• Assist with presentation and manuscripts preparation and dissemination of code for resource sharing and reproducibility.

Minimum Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Health Science or related field required.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
There are no significant physical demands associated with this position.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:
This position is primarily in Health Informatics, Newark campus. Candidate will be working on both the Newark and Piscataway campuses with remote work flexibility.
Access to 2 CPU nodes personal to the lab, desktop, and internet access to perform the duties will be available.