Seasonal Hire - Research Assistant-Wang Pilot MRI Research

Location: Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas

Category: Research

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Requisition #: 240001BN

Position Summary:

The technical position of the lab assistant is to perform image analysis of radiological medical data. This position is for a student or casual employee who processes data and develops deep learning models. After an initial training period, the person will work closely with the faculty. They will assist in the collection and annotation of patients' image data. Moreover, they will assist with data entry and literature searches for research papers and manuscripts. They will keep written logs of their work in lab notebooks.

Position Key Accountabilities:

Collects, evaluates, and interprets research data to provide needed information to principal investigators, and other researchers. Updates notebooks, records and databases as needed

Complies with all government and university policies, rules, regulations, and codes.

Performs other duties as assigned

Certification/Skills:

Communication: Good people and communication skills required

Good knowledge in biology and statistics and basic understanding of programming skills in Python, MATLAB

Good verbal and written communication skills

Minimum Experience:

Entry level program ability to develop advanced software to use for database searches and statistical data analysis.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

UTHealth Benefits

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Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.