DATA SCIENCE ADMINISTRATOR
Req #: | 168473 |
Department: | RADIOLOGY |
Job Location: | Health Sciences Center, Other Location, UW Medical Center |
Posting Date: | 06/13/2019 |
Closing Info: | Open Until Filled |
Salary: | Salary is commensurate with education and experience |
Shift: | First Shift |
Notes: | As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. |
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. All of which has allowed the UW to be nationally recognized as a “Great College to Work For” for four consecutive years.
The UW Department of Radiology is internationally recognized as dynamic, progressive, with high impact on the present and future of the field of Diagnostic Imaging. As a ³Top Ten² Radiology Department in a US News and World Report ³Top Ten Hospital², the academic Radiology enterprise complements the clinical, teaching and research activities of one of the nation's leading Medical Schools. The broad strength of the University of Washington is reflected in its recurring rank among the top two recipients of federal research grants.
The Department of Radiology currently has an outstanding opportunity for a DATA SCIENCE ADMINISTRATOR. The Radiology Data Science Administrator contributes to the growth and success of the Department of Radiology by executing the mission and vision.
The Radiology Data Science Administrator is a new type of position that includes training as needed. The Radiology Data Science Administrator will have a central role in building and maintaining radiology data streams, databases, and tools for research and development by faculty, staff and trainees in the search for discovery and improving healthcare.
The Database Administrator will be in the academic university-side (i.e. nonclinical) of the School of Medicine Radiology IT group, and work with the leadership of the department to determine the operational IT infrastructure needs to support planned research and translational analytical tools. They will have access to training to develop skills as necessary as appropriate, given the broad range of knowledge needed for this position.
The development efforts will include accessing data sources operated by UW Medicine and UW IT (e.g., RIS, PACS, Epic, Amalga, etc.), and liaising with the researchers and developers who are granted access to the data for radiology-related projects.
The data access and storage methods developed by the Radiology Data Science Administrator are intended to enable research in artificial intelligence (AI), big data, radiomics, predictive analytics, precision medicine, and systems and industrial engineering, while interfacing with the Radiology IT clinical systems. It is anticipated that these data sources and methods may also be used for Radiology educational activities.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
Duties & Responsibilities:
Training in data types, databases, and data streams: (20%)
Technical and project leadership: (25%)
Technical implementation and validation of database solutions: (30%)
Infrastructure development and maintenance: (20%)
Monitoring/Reporting:(5%)
Desired:
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit; stand; walk; use hands to write, finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or carry up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment:
Application Process:
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