Clinical Data Scientist — Translational Research & Education

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill; Elkins Hills (NC); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Professional training opportunities

Exclusive discounts

Job summary

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a Research Data Scientist to support the TraCS Data Science Lab. You will collaborate with program leadership to advance clinical data science across UNC, designing data resources and novel methods, and developing educational curricula for trainees and researchers.

The role offers flexibility to pursue extramural funding aligned with TraCS priorities and UNC's mission in health data science.

Qualifications

• Requires a Masters or PhD in an applicable field; terminal degree may be preferred.
• 2+ years of relevant work experience plus strong written/oral communication.
• Experience with large language models, NLP, and data science pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate on translational research using real world data.
• Design and build data resources and statistical methods for clinical data science.
• Create curricula and training resources for a clinical data science program at UNC.

Skills

LLM deployment

NLP for research

Python

R

SQL

Data engineering

Cross-functional leadership

Scientific communication

Visualization

Academic research

Education

Masters or PhD in relevant field

Bachelor's with 3+ years experience

Tools

Python

R

SQL databases

Spark NLP

Job description

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a Research Data Scientist to support the TraCS Data Science Lab. You will collaborate with program leadership to advance clinical data science across UNC, designing data resources and novel methods, and developing educational curricula for trainees and researchers.

The role offers flexibility to pursue extramural funding aligned with TraCS priorities and UNC's mission in health data science.