Data Wrangler/Data Scientist

University of Oxford

Oxford

1 month ago

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Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health and Information Discovery, Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF The Big Data Institute at the Nuffield Department of Medicine is looking to appoint a Data Wrangler/Data Scientist to manage and curate the unique, highly multi-dimensional data available from the Oxford–Novartis Collaboration for AI in Medicine. The Oxford-Novartis Collaboration for AI in Medicine is a unique large-scale partnership between the Big Data Institute (BDI) and the international pharmaceutical company Novartis. Now in its 7th year, it is a research alliance that aims to improve drug development by making it more efficient and more targeted. Using artificial intelligence and advanced analytics and decades’ worth of Novartis clinical trial data, the partners expect to transform how ultra large and multiple datasets are analysed, combined and interpreted to identify early predictors of patient responses to treatments for multiple sclerosis. To be successful in this role you will be educated to degree level in Life Sciences, Computational or equivalent. You will have experience in programming (with Python or R), bioinformatic techniques, data management and / or relational databases. You will be able to manage own workload and project manage a team of data scientists. Having experience in clinical trial data management and capable of working under pressure at times to meet deadlines is essential for this role.

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