Research Scientist Assist

San Francisco, CA      ·     Full time 

Full Job Description

Northern California Institute for Research and Education (NCIRE) is the leading nonprofit research institute in the United States devoted to advancing Veterans health research. NCIRE is part of one of the world’s most dedicated and successful Veterans care communities, pioneering new treatments and understandings of military medicine and care.

Along with our partners at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, we are working to discover and develop effective, safe, and practical treatments for military injuries and diseases affecting Veterans. Through new technologies, novel scientific insights, and international clinical collaborations, we strive to set a new standard of health care research for Veterans and military personnel.

Description:

The Center for Medical Imaging Informatics and Artificial Intelligence at UCSF/NCIRE (MedAI; https://medai.ucsf.edu) is looking for a talented, motivated full-time Research Associate to investigate Alzheimer’s disease risk using large datasets of fluid, brain MRI (T1, FLAIR, ASL) and PET (amyloid, tau, FDG) imaging biomarkers. A Ph.D. or higher degree in neuroscience, psychology, or a related field is required.
The Center for Medical Imaging Informatics and Artificial Intelligence is part of the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and NCIRE – world leaders in the development of advanced computational and scientific approaches for the comprehensive mapping of brain structure and function. MedAI’s unique multidisciplinary environment and cutting-edge resources allow for integration of clinical, psychological and genotypic information with neuroimaging phenotypes for research questions in neurology and psychiatry.

Major Duties:

• performing analyses on brain images
• performing statistical analyses
• reporting and publishing results
• helping to oversee staff
• maintain high levels of quality control of all data

Job Requirements:

• Minimum education: D. or equivalent doctorate in neuroscience, psychology, or a related field within past three years.
• Minimum experience: 2-5 year in the field.
• Demonstrated skills with analysis, assessment/evaluation, communication – written and oral – organization, planning, problem identification and resolution, project management, research.
• Minimum field of expertise directly related education in research specialization with advanced knowledge of equipment, procedures, and analysis methods
• Preferred: experience analyzing fluid biomarker data.
• Preferred: experience analyzing MRI and/or PET brain imaging.
• Preferred: competence maintaining data quality and running statistical analyses, especially for large datasets.
• Preferred: proficiency coding in Bash, MATLAB, Python, or R.
• Strong publication record preferred.
• Preferred: prior work studying Alzheimer’s disease or cognitive aging.
• Ability to solve research problems independently.
• Excellent organizational skills and close attention to detail.
• Good written and oral communication skills.
• Experience supervising students or staff.

Job Type: Full-time

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