Data Coordinator

Grade 103Job Type: Officer of AdministrationBargaining Unit:Regular/Temporary: RegularEnd Date if Temporary:Hours Per Week: 35Standard Work Schedule:Building:Salary Range: 66,300.00 - 74,500.00The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.Position SummaryResearch in the Neurological Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in the Division of Neurocritical care at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center spans active clinical trials, epidemiological outcome studies, and signal processing / big data analytics of high-resolution physiological data and other biomarkers. The group applies machine learning tools to better understand the pathophysiology of acute brain injuries with a focus on disorders of consciousness and brain-computer interface development. The Data Coordinator will primarily be responsible for the preparation and support of the analysis of high-resolution data for research studies. Data preparation will include data cleaning and synchronization between the multiple data sources from physiologic data such as EE Gand archived data repositories in SQL, EPIC, and REDcap. The data coordinator will also assist as needed with epidemiological studies that depend on complex data querying and applying standard biostatistics.ResponsibilitiesPreparing data from electronic medical record sourcesPreparing data from high-resolution physiology data sourcesData preparation for clinical trials and epidemiological outcome studiesDatabase programmingSupporting and performing signal processing, machine learning, predictive modeling, hypothesis testing, imputation, variable transformation techniquesSupporting and performing exploratory data analysis and visualizationSupporting and performing big data analytics of high-resolution physiological data and other biomarker dataSupporting and performing cleaning/filtering of large, noisy datasetsMinimum QualificationsBachelor's degree or equivalent in education and experiencePreferred QualificationsMaster’s in computer science, or mathematical/statistical related field.Expertise in {statistical) software such as R, Matlab or Python and working knowledge of data management software such as Microsoft Excel.Experience with SQL / noSQL tools and languagesStrong skills in health services research design, database development and management, and statistical programming required.Ability to clearly communicate statistical concepts to other scientists and non-scientists.Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / VeteranColumbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.