JOB DESCRIPTION:

Take a lead role in designing an enterprise information architecture that dynamically facilitates translational research through integration across all sectors of a medical center: clinical care, operations, education, and research.  Publish in peer reviewed conferences and journals, and participate in and develop informatics-related proposals. Serve as a member of both medical center information warehouse and biomedical informatics teams, and coordinate the application of each team's resources to best meet the needs of specific research projects. Work closely with researchers to develop viable informatics and analysis strategies that lead to new solutions or leverage existing assets. Pursue the development or adoption of new informatics technologies in areas such as grid computing, image analysis and mining, and high throughput genomics data analysis. Supervise a team of software developers to implement high quality software components and applications.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

1) MD or PhD degree with minimum one-year research experience in clinical and translational research informatics, or PhD degree in Biomedical Informatics, or PhD degree in Computer Science with strong background in medical informatics; or 2) MS degree in Computer Science, Biomedical Informatics, or related field, and significant amount of experience as well as national reputation in the field of clinical and/or translational research. Familiarity with HIPAA regulation and privacy protection requirements.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience with bioinformatics software development, data warehousing and data mining, modern application analysis and design, object-oriented programming, ontology management and knowledge integration systems, natural language processing tools, and tools designed to support the discovery, analysis, and integration of high-throughput biomedical data sets. Candidates with interdisciplinary research interests are particularly encouraged to apply.

To apply:

Candidates should send a detailed CV, including a summary of thesis research, a list of publications, copies of two selected papers, and two letters of recommendation. Candidates with multi-disciplinary research interests and development team experience are particularly encouraged to apply.  Please email to kallen8@emory.edu Attn: Translational Research Architect

Emory University is among the top 20 private universities in the country and is internationally recognized for its academics, groundbreaking research and technological advances with staff, faculty and students representing all regions of the United States and more than 100 foreign nations.  Overall, Emory is the fifth largest employer in Georgia with 22,000 employees.  Our student enrollment is approximately 12,000.  Emory is located 15 minutes from downtown Atlanta in the tree-lined suburban neighborhood of Druid Hills.