Posting Details

Posting Details

Reference Number 02-31728 Posted Job Title APPLICATION DEVELOPER B School Name School of Arts and Sciences Org Biology Posted to the Web 04/13/2019 Posted Job/Salary Grade B Employment Type Exempt Hours N/A Position Type Full Time Position Schedule 9-5 Months 12 Position Length Contingent Upon Funding Position End Date University Overview

The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn’s distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

School/Center Overview

The School of Arts and Sciences forms the foundation of the scholarly excellence that has established Penn as one of the world’s leading research universities. We teach students across all 12 Penn schools, and our academic departments span the reach from anthropology and biology to sociology and South Asian studies. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/

Duties

The Eukaryotic Pathogen Database resource (EuPathDB.org) is a large, multi-institutional project responsible for developing and providing scientific data-mining websites used by researchers worldwide to study selected microbial pathogens, including those responsible for malaria and enteric disease. Leveraging experience with the integration and analysis of pathogen genomics and functional data, we are seeking to fill new positions, as we expand to support the exploration of clinical and epidemiological datasets (see ClinEpiDB.org), incorporating global projects (such as MAL-ED) that focus on the interplay between child health and the infectious disease in developing countries.

As a Scientific Data Specialist, you will join a growing team responsible for processing global epidemiologic data sets to make them easily accessible and openly available to epidemiologists, laboratory researchers, field biologists, clinicians and policy-makers. The successful applicant will work collaboratively as part of a 30+ member team including epidemiologists, biologists, annotators, data-loaders, ontologists, user-interface specialists, software developers and outreach staff to present our global user base with intuitive and informative web interfaces for accessing and interrogating large-scale datasets. This position will focus on processing data received from study investigators according to ClinEpiDB SOPs, including tracking data files received from the data providers, managing day-to-day communications to ensure accurate understanding and interpreting of the data sets, working with our ontology team to map variables to display hierarchies and ontology terms, and working with data providers to QC the resulting web sites. Effective communication skills are required, including the ability to coordinate groups from diverse nationalities and cultural backgrounds. An understanding of the challenges posed by large-scale epidemiological data is highly desirable. This position may require some international travel, support at workshops and webinars, participation in scientific writing and keeping up-to-date with the pertinent scientific literature. Ample opportunity for advancement.

Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or related field, with a minimum of one year of work experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferably involving infectious disease epidemiology, maternal and child health and/or biostatistics. Effective data management skills including file processing, an understanding of clean data principles and basic univariate measures is a must; experience with data analysis applications (R, SAS, STATA) and relational databases is a plus.

Affirmative Action Statement

Penn adheres to a policy that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class.

Special Requirements Background check required after a conditional job offer is made. Consideration of the background check will be tailored to the requirements of the job. Quick Link http://jobs.hr.upenn.edu/postings/45340 Posting Supplemental Questions

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1. * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
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2. * What is your highest level of education completed?
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3. * How many years of experience do you have related to this position?
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4. * Do you have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Public Health, Epidemiology, Biostatistics or related field, with a minimum of one year of work experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferably involving infectious disease epidemiology, maternal and child health and/or biostatistics?
   • Yes
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5. * Do you have effective data management skills including file processing, an understanding of clean data principles and basic univariate measures?
   • Yes
   • No
6. * Do you have experience with data analysis applications (R, SAS, STATA) and relational databases?
   • Yes
   • No

Applicant Documents Required Documents

1. Resume

Optional Documents

1. Cover Letter