Research Associate Data Scientist
Job in
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, 90079, USA
Listed on 2026-10-20
Listing for:
Cedars-Sinai
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-10-20
Job specializations:
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IT/Tech
Data Scientist, Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, Data Analyst, Data Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
At Cedars-Sinai, the Ajami Lab is building a new research program focused on immune mechanisms that drive neuro-degeneration, with an emphasis on ALS and microglial biology. In this Research Associate Data Scientist role, you will support biomedical research by applying programming, data mining, statistics, machine learning, and visualization to help move models from data exploration toward deployment-ready solutions.
What you will do- Assist with the development, evaluation, and/or application of computational and statistical methods, including artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, to analyze biomedical data.
- Present and communicate scientific results through laboratory meetings, scientific conferences, and peer-reviewed publications.
- Build database-to-deployment model pipelines using programming languages including R, Python, SQL, and neo4j
. - Create sustainable data science infrastructure and follow data analysis and machine learning standards.
- Perform data cleaning, quality control, and exploratory data analysis to determine whether advanced analytical methods are needed and appropriate.
- Work with research data scientists and principal investigators to identify where data science can support biomedical research questions.
- Test and validate code for adaptability, using version control practices via Git Hub
.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Biomedical Imaging, Statistics, Engineering, Physics, or a related field (required).
- Master's degree in related fields is preferred.
- Up to two (2) years of professional experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical industries working with biomedical data.
- Intermediate-level programming experience with a high-level language such as R or Python (college projects may be acceptable).
- SQL experience at a basic to intermediate proficiency level.
- Experience in biomedical machine learning is preferred.
- R
- Python
- SQL
- neo4j
- Git Hub
Location: Los Angeles, CA (onsite).
Compensation: USD 79, per year.
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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