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MD Anderson Cancer Center · 2 hours ago

Data Scientist / Imaging Physics - Research

positionHouston, TX
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityMid, Senior Level
money$106K/yr - $160K/yr
date3+ years exp

MD Anderson Cancer Center is seeking a Data Scientist to join their Surgical Data Science Program within the Institute for Data Science in Oncology. The role involves developing advanced machine learning techniques and conducting multidimensional data analyses to improve clinical care and operational excellence.

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Responsibilities

Develop and apply advanced machine learning, deep learning, computer vision, and statistical modeling techniques
Conduct multidimensional data analyses, including medical image data, clinical data, and outcomes
Contribute to predictive modeling, decision-support tools, and data-driven clinical insights
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team across surgery, physics, engineering, and data science
Support research translation into clinical workflows and operational improvement initiatives

Qualification

PythonMachine LearningDeep LearningComputer VisionStatistical AnalysisSQLNeural Network DesignData ModelingMATLABC++CUDAJuliaRSciPyPandasStatsmodelsOpenCVXGBoostPyTorchTensorFlowRegressionClusteringSegmentationTime-series AnalysisRecommender SystemsPredictive AnalyticsBayesian ModelingData FusionSupervised LearningUnsupervised Learning

Required

Bachelor's Degree Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics, Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Computational Biology, or related field
3 years Scientific software or industry development/analysis experience
1 year Required experience with Master's degree
With PhD, no experience required
Python, MATLAB, C++, CUDA, Julia, R, and/or SQL
Neural network design and implementation
Computer vision and image analysis
Applied statistics and data modeling

Preferred

Master's Degree Science, Engineering or related field
PhD Science, Engineering or related field
SciPy, pandas, statsmodels
OpenCV, XGBoost
PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
SQL or other database querying languages
Regression, clustering, segmentation
Time-series analysis
Recommender systems
Predictive analytics
Bayesian modeling
Data fusion
Supervised and unsupervised learning
Decision trees, A/B testing
Natural language processing (NLP)

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Paid time off
Retirement
Tuition benefits
Educational opportunities
Individual and team recognition

Company

MD Anderson Cancer Center

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MD Anderson Cancer Center's mission is to eliminate cancer
dateFounded in 1994
location
Houston, Texas, USA
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
https://www.mdanderson.org/

H1B Sponsorship

MD Anderson Cancer Center has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2021 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$16.2M
Key Investors
Break Through CancerGastro-Intestinal Research Foundation
2023-05-16Grant· $2.7M
2023-01-24Grant· $3.5M
2022-04-19Grant· $10M

Leadership Team

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David Tweardy
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