Biomedical Informatics Senior Research Specialist

Biomedical Informatics Senior Research Specialist

Hiring Department: Center for Clinical and Translational Science

Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Requisition : 1041880

Posting Close Date: July 28, 2026

Salary: $80,000 to $120,000

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI).

Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting‑edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities.

UIC has over 300,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

This position is eligible for benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, a Retirement Plan, Paid time Off, and Tuition waivers for employees and dependents.

The Biomedical Informatics Senior Research Specialist contributes to the conceptualization, design, development, and delivery of biomedical informatics research projects, addressing all areas of clinical and translational science for the Center for Clinical & Translational Science (CCTS). This is a critical position serving as a methodology expert drawing upon data and decision sciences and consulting and/or collaborating with a broad range of institutional investigators to further research and translation efforts.

Through a customer‑focused approach, this position provides expert consultations to and collaborations with investigators leveraging the UIHealth System EMR data for research. The Senior Research Specialist is responsible for interacting with investigators on study design/methodology, establishing inclusion/exclusion criteria, developing standard and custom data queries, and continuously contributing to the expansion and operational improvement of the CCTS Clinical Research Data Warehouse.

• Collaborates in the maintenance and expansion of a research data warehouse through the utilization of extraction and transformation tools applied to EMR systems and other biomedical data sources.
• Designs, develops, and implements biomedical informatics research tools and techniques for efficient and accurate data extraction, process automation, and data quality assurance.
• Collaborates with study PI’s and study teams to provide consultative services on study design and subsequent data analysis, as well as data extraction and transformation from the research data warehouse. Develops custom queries to tailor data extractions to project needs.
• Serves as collaborator and consultant with research, clinical faculty, and industry partners on design, optimization of research aims, and alternative approaches, for multi‑partner collaborations in biomedical informatics.
• Provides leadership, training and mentoring to teams in areas relating to biomedical informatics including data ingestion, extraction, data science, tools development, or biomedical education as needed.
• Attends national and regional biomedical informatics seminars and meetings. Presents original research and represents UIC and the CCTS at national scientific meetings and conferences.
• Research core literature in the biomedical informatics field to identify appropriate advances and new trends. Contributes to the methodological and technical components of scholarly manuscripts. Authors and co‑authors scientific papers in the field of biomedical informatics.
• Perform other…