Part-Time Research Support - Medicine

Penn State University; Hershey (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Penn State University is seeking a detail-oriented candidate to support a multidisciplinary research team studying jaw development. You will help organize large imaging datasets, streamline data workflows, and run Python-based ML processes in a biomedical context.

The role offers hands-on experience with advanced imaging and data analysis within a collaborative research environment, contributing to data quality and reproducibility while supporting project goals in craniofacial biology.

Qualifications

• Experience with organizing and analyzing large biomedical imaging datasets.
• Strong problem solving and attention to detail.
• Interest in applying computational tools to developmental biology research.

Responsibilities

• Manage data transfers and maintain project databases.
• Prepare imaging data and assist with data collection.
• Execute Python-based machine learning workflows and document results.
• Perform quality assurance checks and resolve data discrepancies with the team.
• Collaborate with researchers; assist with limited wet lab prep for imaging.
• Support imaging and machine learning approaches to jaw development research.

Skills

Python programming

Machine learning workflows

Data management

Job description

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location. For additional information on remote work at Penn State, see Notice to Out of State Applicants.

Job Description And Position Requirements

Join a multidisciplinary research team investigating how the lower jaw develops and how disruptions in this process may contribute to congenital craniofacial disorders. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to innovative developmental biology research by supporting the imaging, data management, and computational workflows that drive scientific discovery.

This position will play an important role in ensuring that large imaging and research datasets are accurately organized, prepared, and ready for analysis. Responsibilities include managing data transfers, maintaining project databases, preparing imaging data, assisting with data collection, and executing established Python-based machine learning workflows. The employee will also perform quality assurance checks, document results, and identify and help resolve data discrepancies in collaboration with the research team. There may be limited, hands‑on wet lab work preparing specimens for imaging.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, comfortable working with large datasets, and interested in applying computational tools to biomedical research. This position provides hands‑on experience supporting advanced imaging and machine learning approaches in a research environment, while helping generate reliable data to advance understanding of jaw development, bone formation, and craniofacial disease.

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