Scientific Data Curator 2

School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States

Information Analytics

Post Date Jan 11, 2024

Requisition # 100803

The Shafer Lab within theDivision of Infectious Diseasesin the Department of Medicine at Stanford University is seeking a Scientific Data Curator 2 to conduct research using informatics tools and methods and participate in the development of web-based databases used to solve formal and practical problems arising from the management and analysis of scientific data.

The Shafer Lab maintains the Stanford HIV Drug Resistance Database (HIVDB; https://hivdb.stanford.edu) as a public resource for those performing HIV drug resistance surveillance, interpreting HIV drug resistance tests, and developing new antiretroviral drugs. HIVDB’s sequence analysis programs have been integrated into the workflows of the WHO HIVDR surveillance network, the NIH AIDS Clinical Trials Group, and numerous individual laboratories worldwide. HIVDB is unique among sequence database because it recruits data from published studies as well as from GenBank.

Duties include:

• Identify and acquire new data for inclusion in the database; collaborate with other labs for the purposes of gathering more information to be included in the database.

• Review submissions to the database for quality and relevancy; abstract information in the required formats.

• Write papers drawing from information submitted to the database.

• Work with users to determine ways of using the information in the database, which may include the development of new user interfaces; work with developers to translate the needs of the users into new functionality.

• Promote the database to researchers as a tool to be used in their research and as a way to gather more content.

• Identify new functionality and user interfaces that would enhance the use of the database.

• Compile and create educated summaries of the literature, discovering new facts by analyzing the collected data.

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.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters degree in a quantitative field such as bioinformatics, computational biology, computer science and significant course work in biology

• Three years experience working in a bioinformatics capacity.

• Computer programming skills including the ability to write software to perform important tasks using a programming language, preferably Python.

• Expertise at the using the Linux command line.

• Ability to incorporate standard sequence analysis software into a data curation pipeline

• Ideally, expertise at using AWS

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE (REQUIRED):

• Master’s degree in scientific field and three years of relevant experience or combination of relevant experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (REQUIRED):

• Strong analytical skills.

• Ability to learn and utilize relational databases, data integration, and statistics.

• Strong written and oral English communication skills.

• Computer skills, including word processing and spreadsheet applications.

• Ability to understand scientific literature, experimental procedures and their limitations, and current needs of the research community.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Frequently perform desk based computer tasks, seated work and use light/ fine grasping.

• Occasionally stand, walk, and write by hand, lift, carry, push pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds.

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.

WORKING CONDITIONS:

• May work extended or non-standard hours based on project or business needs. Occasional local travel may be required.

• Some work may be performed in a laboratory setting.

WORKING STANDARDS:

• 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/.

The expected pay range for this position is $92,000 to $125,000 per annum.

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Additional Information

• Schedule: Full-time

• Job Code: 4182

• Employee Status: Regular

• Grade: H

• Requisition ID: 100803

• Work Arrangement : Hybrid Eligible