Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Data Analyst

Stanford University is seeking a Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Data Analyst with a focus in mental health to manage and analyze large amounts of functional neuroimaging, behavioral and symptom data for classification and prediction of outcomes in depression, under the direction of Dr. Leanne Williams in the Personalized and Translational Neuroscience Lab, PanLab.

The PanLab is a major lab with the Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness. The lab integrates large-scale functional magnetic resonance data with clinical information and behavioral performance data to classify brain circuit-based subgroups of depression and anxiety and predict personalized treatment outcomes. Our goal is to understand depression as a disorder of functional brain circuits at the individual level, and to drive innovation of personalized treatment approaches that go beyond the current ‘trial-and-error’ approach.

Important tasks for the Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging Data Analyst span three inter-related categories:

• Organize neuroimaging and relevant behavioral and clinical metadata in data structures. Data will come from the lab’s large number of existing datasets and new data acquired in longitudinal studies.
• Visualize these data, process neuroimaging data and implement machine learning algorithms and models to these neuroimaging and metadata, including predictive models, latent variable, clustering algorithms and canonical correlation analyses.
• Oversee communication and data sharing with an external NIH data coordinating center
  
  
  

The ideal candidate will be collaborative, organized, and able to multitask. Because the position relies on real-time interaction it is fully in person. The position contributes to a large NIH project and a multi-year commitment is preferred. The position will be based within a collaborative team that values cooperation, fairness, efficiency, and conscientiousness. Due to the nature of this position, there is an opportunity for high impact publications, exposure to cutting-edge approaches in the new frontier of precision mental health and opportunities for growth.

Interested Candidates Should Include

• A cover letter addressing why you are motivated to apply, your interest in precision mental health and how your education and hands on experience relate to the position requirements. Include three references.
• Resume or CV
  
  
  

Supervising PI Dr. Leanne Williams, https://profiles.stanford.edu/leanne-williams.

PanLab https://med.stanford.edu/pan-lab

Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness Center: http://med.stanford.edu/pmhw.

Specific Tasks Include

• Collect, manage, and clean large datasets.
• Employ new and existing tools to interpret, analyze, and visualize multivariate relationships in human subjects’ data.
• Create databases and reports, develop algorithms and statistical models, and perform statistical analyses appropriate to data and reporting requirements.
• Use system reports and analyses to identify potentially problematic data, make corrections, and determine root cause for data problems from input errors or inadequate field edits, and suggest possible solutions.
• Develop reports, charts, graphs and tables for use by investigators and for publication and presentation.
• Analyze data processes in documentation.
• Collaborate with faculty and research staff on data collection and analysis methods.
• Provide documentation based on audit and reporting criteria to investigators and research staff.
• Communicate with grant agencies regarding data sharing centers.
• - The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities. Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility. Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.
  
  
  

• Strong foundation in data structures for management and storage of data
• Expertise in the integration of high dimensional data with meta-data, data quality, and data processing
• Strong knowledge of machine learning algorithms and models, and underlying statistical principles, including predictive models, latent variable modeling (such as drift diffusion modeling), clustering algorithms and canonical correlation analyses
• Hands on familiarity with functional MRI analysis software, such as SPM, FSL and Freesurfer
• Experience with REDCap database architecture, workflow automation, API integration, and scripting to support scalable data capture, quality assurance, operational reporting, and cross-platform research infrastructure
• Proficiency in statistical programming languages such as R and programming languages such as Python
• Familiarity with data visualization and reporting in vector format
• Experience working in research setting relevant to mental health
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including clinical, cognitive, and affective neuroscientists, mental health clinicians, physicians, functional neuroimaging specialists, psychologists and biomedical research engineers
• At least two years of relevant hands-on experience in a quantitative discipline relevant to the domain of the research in the lab, such as psychology, neuroscience, statistics or engineering.
• Motivation to contribute to advances in precision mental health
  
  
  

Bachelor's degree or a combination of education and relevant experience. Experience in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, statistics, or engineering

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities (required)

• Substantial experience with MS Office and analytical programs
• Strong writing, problem solving and analytical skills
• Ability to prioritize workload and deadlines
  
  
  

None

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:

• Sitting in place at computer for long periods of time with extensive keyboarding/dexterity.
• Occasionally use a telephone.
• Rarely writing by hand.
• - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of his or her job.
  
  
  

Some work may be performed in a laboratory or field setting.

The expected pay range for this position is $80,148 to $99,773 per annum.

Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the university reasonably expects to pay for a position upon hire. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website (https://cardinalatwork.stanford.edu/benefits-rewards) provides detailed information on Stanford’s extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

WORK STANDARDS (from JDL)

• Interpersonal Skills: Demonstrates the ability to work well with Stanford colleagues and clients and with external organizations.
• Promote Culture of Safety: Demonstrates commitment to personal responsibility and value for safety; communicates safety concerns; uses and promotes safe behaviors based on training and lessons learned.
• Subject to and expected to comply with all applicable University policies and procedures, including but not limited to the personnel policies and other policies found in the University's Administrative Guide, http://adminguide.stanford.edu.
• - Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.