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Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Data Analyst

School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States

Information Analytics

Post Date May 14, 2024

Requisition # 103255

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within Stanford University is seeking a Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Data Analyst (Research Data Analyst 1) with a focus in mental health to manage and analyze large amounts of functional neuroimaging, behavioral and symptom data for classification and prediction of outcomes in depression, under the direction of Dr. Leanne Williams in the Personalized and Translational Neuroscience Lab, PanLab.

The PanLab is a major lab with the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness. The lab integrates large-scale functional magnetic resonance data with clinical information and behavioral performance data to classify brain circuit-based subgroups of depression and anxiety and predict personalized treatment outcomes. Our goal is to understand depression as a disorder of functional brain circuits at the individual level, and to drive innovation of personalized treatment approaches that go beyond the current ‘trial-and-error’ approach.

Important tasks for the Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Data Analyst span three inter-related categories:

• Organize neuroimaging and relevant behavioral and clinical metadata in data structures. Data will come from the lab’s large number of existing datasets and new data acquired in longitudinal studies.

• Visualize these data, process neuroimaging data and implement machine learning algorithms and models to these neuroimaging and metadata, including predictive models, latent variable, clustering algorithms and canonical correlation analyses.

• Oversee communication and data sharing with an external NIH data coordinating center.

The ideal candidate will be collaborative, organized, and able to multitask. Because the position relies on real-time interaction it is fully in person. The position contributes to a large NIH project and a multi-year commitment is preferred. The position will be based within a collaborative team that values cooperation, fairness, efficiency, and conscientiousness. Due to the nature of this position, there is an opportunity for high impact publications, exposure to cutting-edge approaches in the new frontier of precision mental health and opportunities for growth.

Interested candidates should include:

• A cover letter addressing why you are motivated to apply, your interest in precision mental health and how your education and hands on experience relate to the position requirements. Include three referees.

• Resume or CV

To learn more about the lab:

• Supervising PI Dr. Leanne Williams,https://profiles.stanford.edu/leanne-williams.

• PanLabhttps://med.stanford.edu/pan-lab

• Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness Center:http://med.stanford.edu/pmhw.

Duties include:

• Collect, manage, and clean large datasets.

• Employ new and existing tools to interpret, analyze, and visualize multivariate relationships in human subjects’ data.

• Create databases and reports, develop algorithms and statistical models, and perform statistical analyses appropriate to data and reporting requirements.

• Use system reports and analyses to identify potentially problematic data, make corrections, and determine root cause for data problems from input errors or inadequate field edits, and suggest possible solutions.

• Develop reports, charts, graphs, and tables for use by investigators and for publication and presentation.

• Analyze data processes in documentation.

• Collaborate with faculty and research staff on data collection and analysis methods.

• Provide documentation based on audit and reporting criteria to investigators and research staff.

• Communicate with grant agencies regarding data sharing centers.

*- Other duties may also be assigned

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong foundation in data structures for management and storage of data

• Expertise in the integration of high dimensional data with meta-data, data quality, and data processing

• Experience in a quantitative discipline relevant to the domain of the research in the lab, such as psychology, neuroscience, statistics, or engineering.

• Strong knowledge of machine learning algorithms and models, and underlying statistical principles, including predictive models, latent variable modeling (such as drift diffusion modeling), clustering algorithms and canonical correlation analyses

• Hands on familiarity with functional MRI analysis software, such as SPM, FSL and Freesurfer

• Proficiency in statistical programming languages such as R and programming languages such as Python

• Familiarity with data visualization and reporting in vector format.

• Experience working in research setting relevant to mental health.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including clinical, cognitive and affective neuroscientists, mental health clinicians, physicians, functional neuroimaging specialists, psychologists and biomedical research engineers.

• Motivation to contribute to advances in precision mental health.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and relevant experience. Experience in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, statistics or engineering.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Substantial experience with MS Office and analytical programs

• Strong writing, problem solving and analytical skills.

• Ability to prioritize workload and deadlines.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Sitting in place at computer for long periods of time with extensive keyboarding/dexterity.

• Occasionally use a telephone.

• Rarely writing by hand.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Some work may be performed in a laboratory or field setting.

• This position is based on the Stanford main campus.

The expected pay range for this position is $66,560 to $97,000 per annum. Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including equivalent years since their applicable education, field, or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; among other factors.

*- Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University's research mission.

Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time

• Job Code: 4751

• Employee Status: Regular

• Grade: G

• Requisition ID: 103255

• Work Arrangement : On Site