Duke University · 5 months ago
POSTDOCTORAL ASSOCIATE
Durham, NC
Internship
Onsite
InternDuke University School of Medicine is a leading medical institution known for its collaborative environment and commitment to improving human health. The Department of Neurology is seeking a Post-Doctoral Associate to conduct clinical research in Vascular Neurology, focusing on statistical analysis and data science methods related to cardiovascular disease.
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Responsibilities
Work in highly collaborative inter-disciplinary environment with clinicians, econometricians, statisticians, and data scientists
Lead statistical analysis for projects examining questions in cardiovascular disease using extremely large data sets comprised of routinely-collected clinical data
Developing and maintaining requirements for access to Truveta Data and Epic Cosmos
Performing encounter to subject-level conversions
Data cleaning including harmonizing units, renaming variables, providing a preliminary assessment of the pattern and scope of missing data, identifying structural errors in the dataset, and for maintaining a record of all steps from data extraction to dataset assembly
Fitting of machine learning models
Development of instrumental variable analyses including developing novel methodological approaches in collaboration with faculty statisticians
Creating table and figure output for publication
Assisting with manuscript development and revision
Qualification
Required
Work requires a PhD (bio)statistics, econometrics, data science, or related field
A background in commonly used programming environments is necessary
Experience with data cleansing, wrangling, visualization, modelling, and interpretation is necessary
Preferred
Previous experience in data science is highly desired
Previous experience in causal inference is highly desired
Company
Duke University
Duke University is a private research university providing undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine and other disciplines.
Founded in 1838
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$71.15MKey Investors
North Carolina Biotechnology CenterUS Department of EnergyGlaucoma Research Foundation
2023-02-17Grant· $0.11M
2022-09-19Grant
2022-03-09Grant· $0.05M
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Barry Myers
Professor and Director
Dan Ariely
Professor
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