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The University of Miami, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, has an exciting opportunity for a full time Associate Scientist in Miami, Florida.

The Associate Scientist, SOM supports the University’s research goals and objectives by performing laboratory experiments in his/her areas of interest, expertise, or assignment. Moreover, the incumbent performs various analytical procedures involving method development and application development and synthesis.

CORE JOB FUNCTIONS

• Contributes to basic and applied research activities including authorship of scientific publications, technical and agency reports, and patent preparations.
• Publishes in refereed journals in collaboration with department leadership or independently.
• Supervises research employees and non-exempt staff.
• Writes extramural proposals with approval of senior managing staff.
• Creates and conducts experiments and analyzes results.
• Works with other researchers to use and develop end products
• Provides ready access to all experimental data for the faculty researchers, supervisors, and other relevant staff.
• Requests or acquires equipment and supplies for assigned project(s).
• Applies for grants to continue research and prepares materials for submission to granting agencies and foundations.
• Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

This list of duties and responsibilities is not intended to be all-inclusive and may be expanded to include other duties or responsibilities as necessary.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

Doctorate degree - Philosophy (PhD) required

Experience:

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience required

Certification and Licensing:

Refer to department description for applicable certification requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Learning Agility: Ability to learn new procedures, technologies, and protocols, and adapt to changing priorities and work demands.
• Teamwork: Ability to work collaboratively with others and contribute to a team environment.
• Technical Proficiency: Skilled in using office software, technology, and relevant computer applications.
• Communication: Strong and clear written and verbal communication skills for interacting with colleagues and stakeholders.

Department Specifics

• Develop various machine learning and data mining models including convolutional neural networks (CNNs), Transformers, large language models (LLMs), and Vision Language Models (VLMs)
• Develop Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) models
• Develop manifold learning (e.g., tSNE and UMAP), unsupervised clustering
• Analyze electronics health record (EHR) data and retinal imaging including fundus photographs, optical coherence tomography (OCT) images and genetic data for automated screening, diagnosis, prognosis, and monitoring of major eye diseases such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and uveitis.
• Programming in Python and R languages with knowledge of Google Tensorflow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, and Keras or other related deep learning libraries.
• Analyze OCT images related to retina particularly age-related macular degeneration (AMD) disease
• Analyze genetic data related to retina particularly age-related macular degeneration (AMD) disease

This is a core job profile description and is not reflective of all duties that may be assigned to a specific position in each individual department. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and primary responsibilities of this core job profile. Specific duties and tasks may vary based upon departmental needs. Other duties may be assigned to the above consistent with the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for the job.

The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, tuition remission and more.

UHealth-University of Miami Health System, South Florida's only university-based health system, provides leading-edge patient care powered by the ground breaking research and medical education at the Miller School of Medicine. As an academic medical center, we are proud to serve South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean. Our physicians represent more than 100 specialties and sub-specialties, and have more than one million patient encounters each year. Our tradition of excellence has earned worldwide recognition for outstanding teaching, research and patient care. We're the challenge you've been looking for.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

Job Status:

Full time

Employee Type:

Staff

Pay Grade:

A11