Associate Scientist Bioinformatics - School of Medicine Orthopaedics

Description

The Department of Orthopaedics at Emory University School of Medicine is seeking applications for a Research Scientist position to grow their multidisciplinary musculoskeletal research program focusing on sports medicine, neuroscience, injury biomechanics, and human performance. Candidates for the Orthopaedics Research Scientist position must hold a doctorate degree or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate national prominence and scientific leadership in one or more of the above research areas.
• Clear and prolific record of scientific publications as well as a detailed knowledge of advanced experimental techniques in injury biomechanics and human performance.
• Experience with advanced analytics including machine learning, AI or related statistical modeling of human movement data is desired.
• Experience with neuroimaging, EMG/EEG/MEG neuromodulation, software engineering, and best-practice analytical methods for managing, storing, analyzing, and visualizing biometric data to facilitate research goals.
• Support collaborations with clinician scientists in the Sports Performance And Research Center (SPARAC) and the Department of Orthopaedics.
• Support the pursuit of extramural federal funding to support center research initiatives.

Qualifications

• PhD in bioinformatics, computer science, biological or physical science, or a related discipline and five years of experience in bioinformatics applications.
• Eligible experience is experience obtained after achieving the PhD.