The Data Scientist role is to help the team in driving and maintaining a shared platform for clinical and genomic data recording and analysis, as well as biological specimens tracking, for local and regional research projects mainly managed by National Cancer Centre Singapore. The incumbent will also support scientific research projects in NCCS through data science applications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Genomics Pipelines
- Work with the team to build pipelines on BC Platform (AWS) such that genomic data can be processed effectively
- Organize the database such that all genomic and clinical data are linked and easily retrieved
- Build the pipelines for federated data sharing
- Data Analysis
-Perform data analysis and visualization work to support research projects, grant applications, and publications
- Database Management
- Manage the database used to host our clinical data to ensure that it is maintained operationally in a cost-effective manner
- Perform data cleaning, data standardization, and data structuring for data in the database
Requirements:
- At least BSc in a relevant field (biology or bioinformatics or computational science)
- At least 2 years of work experience in data science/ genomic data, with working knowledge of clinical and genomic data workflows
- Technical experience in at least 1 of the following areas: Linux/cluster environments, computational genomic workflows (e.g. GATK), relational databases, Docker, cloud computing (e.g. AWS) and/or other data science systems
- Possess an understanding of medical and clinical research terminology
- Project management experience in oncology studies in a clinical trial laboratory services organization will be an advantage
- Good planning skills with ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders concurrently
- Strong interpersonal skills
