Nutrition Data Scientist — Research Associate

Illinois-Institute-of-Technolog; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Tuition assistance

On-site facilities

Job summary

Illinois Institute of Technology’s Center for Nutrition Research seeks a Research Associate to advance data analytics, statistics, and machine learning on nutrition and health data. You will work with investigators and teams to analyze complex biomedical datasets and support grant deliverables.

Responsibilities include preparing analyses, contributing to reports and publications, and ensuring data security and documentation.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Computational Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math or related field; experience with nutrition, clinical, medical, or health data and peer‑reviewed publications.
• Experience conducting statistical, computational, or data‑driven analysis using large or complex datasets in research/healthcare/biomedical environments.
• Proficiency with programming, data analysis, machine learning, visualization, and database tools (Python, R, SQL, PyTorch, TensorFlow/Keras, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn).
• Strong analytical, problem solving, organizational, and communication skills; able to work independently and with multidisciplinary teams while maintaining data security.
• CITI certification; if not held, obtain within first five workdays of employment at no cost to employee.

Responsibilities

• Apply statistical, data science, and machine learning methods to biomedical and population health data.
• Prepare, analyze, validate, and interpret complex datasets including clinical, biomarker, genomic, and survey data.
• Collaborate with Principal Investigators and research teams to support study objectives, plans, grants, and deliverables.
• Contribute analyses and scientific content for reports, manuscripts, presentations, proposals, and publications.
• Maintain accurate research documentation and follow data management, quality control, and security practices.
• Complete required training and access requirements for secure research systems and databases.

Skills

Statistical analysis

Machine learning

Data visualization

Scientific publishing

Collaboration

Education

Ph.D. in Computational Engineering/CS/EE/Applied Math or related field

Tools

Python

R

SQL

PyTorch

TensorFlow/Keras

Pandas

Matplotlib

Seaborn

Job description

Illinois Institute of Technology’s Center for Nutrition Research seeks a Research Associate to advance data analytics, statistics, and machine learning on nutrition and health data. You will work with investigators and teams to analyze complex biomedical datasets and support grant deliverables.

Responsibilities include preparing analyses, contributing to reports and publications, and ensuring data security and documentation.