Description :Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) is seeking a Staff Scientific Data Analyst to join the Health Effects, Analytics, Risk, and Technology (HEART) located in Raleigh, NC. The candidate will support physiological modeling for exposure risk assessment in support of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI). The successful candidate will be on a new team supporting the NIH DPCPSI Office of Research Innovation, Validation and Application (ORIVA). Working at ARA, there will be opportunities to work with a multi-disciplinary team focused on toxicology, physiological modeling, and risk assessment.Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Data development, analysis and evaluation, including cleaning and analyzing data and utilizing methods (e.g., knowledge graphs to explore chemical-biological effect relationships).
Routinely review, evaluate, curate, and integrate data from relevant databases (e.g,NCATS N3C, NCI CRDC, ToxRefDB, ToxCast, ExpoCast, DSSTox, CEBS, IUCLID, MassIVE and others).
Ensure data integrity including preparing program guidelines, performing necessary data checks and managing datasets and data documentation.
Ensure customer satisfaction by providing high quality deliverables and anticipating needs.
Position Requirements:
Masters in bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, computational linguistics, computer science, data science, or other relevant field with 4 years or PhD with 0 years.
Expertise in NAMs or a related scientific field.
U.S. Citizenship Required.
Capable of fundamental programming for data analysis, survey data analysis, and data management.
Providing quality assurance on deliverables and timely delivery.
Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
COMPANY INFORMATION:Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 2,353 professionals and continues to grow. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership spawns greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging and innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please apply at careers.ara.com.Education : Doctor of Philosophy MastersExperience : 0 years: PHD in bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, computational linguistics, computer science, data science, or other relevant field. 4 years: Masters in bioinformatics, mathematics, statistics, computational linguistics, computer science, data science, or other relevant field.
