Associate Researcher II-Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Institute

  • Full-Time
  • New York, NY
  • Mount Sinai
  • Posted 2 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description

Strength Through Diversity

Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.


Roles & Responsibilities:


  • Responsible for data collection and processing, image reconstruction and data analysis using commercially available and proprietary registration and image analysis software
  • Provide and maintain database management for all acquired data including analysis of scans; Assurance of security of information for security purposes
  • work with other staff in compilation of data; provide guidance in data acquisition and analysis
  • Under limited supervision, conducts experiments using advanced techniques specific to the research project. Analyzes and assists in interpreting moderately complex results

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering with relevant medical experience. Master’s, or PhD is a plus
  • Prior experience with medical image analysis or other relevant computer data analysis is a plus
  • Extensive knowledge of neuroimaging and computational neuroscience software packages such as FSL, Freesurfer, SPM, etc.)
  • Experience with fMRI analysis and constructing and optimizing analysis pipelines.
  • Fluency in multiple programming languages (including MATLAB, Python, R) and the ability to quickly learn new programming languages and tools as required
  • Experience with the architecture, design, and implementation of the software and hardware computational frameworks for neuroimaging, including familiarity with XNAT/ DICOM file processing and NiFTI-1 file processing
  • Experience with command-line development tools in a Linux environment
  • Extensive experience with supporting life sciences research, including neuroscience and neuroimaging research
  • Experience with administrating core facility management software systems (Calpendo, XNAT)
  • Some knowledge with relational databases (MySQL)
  • Willing to commit 2 years at a minimum
  • Good organizational skills; ability to work with others and individually


Strength Through Diversity


The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity and inclusion are drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. Yet we’re as diverse as the city we call home- culturally, ethically, in outlook and lifestyle. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together and participate actively as a leader within the Mount Sinai Health System by:


  • Serving as the primary resource management representative of the Mount Sinai leadership teams, committees, etc., and acting as the primary executive leader interface between Mount Sinai and key executives from the health systems’ vendors and partners.

  • Engaging with relevant thought leaders and policy-makers at the federal and state levels, and representing the Health System as assigned.

  • Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

  • Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

  • Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

We work hard to acquire and retain the best people, and to create a welcoming, nurturing work environment where you can develop professionally. We share the belief that all employees, regardless of job title or expertise, can make an impact on quality patient care.


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Who We Are


Over 42,000 employees strong, the mission of the Mount Sinai Health System is to provide compassionate patient care with seamless coordination and to advance medicine through unrivaled education, research, and outreach in the many diverse communities we serve.


Formed in September 2013, The Mount Sinai Health System combines the excellence of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with seven premier hospital campuses, including Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Brooklyn, The Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Queens, Mount Sinai West (formerly Mount Sinai Roosevelt), Mount Sinai Morningside (formerly Mount Sinai St. Luke’s), and New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai.


The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, age, disability, marital or parental status, sexual orientation, veteran, immigration, citizenship, or other protected status.


EOE including Veterans and Disabled

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