Research Coordinator (Department of Neurology)

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Research Coordinator (Department of Neurology)

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Research Coordinator

Job Description Summary

Penn’s Center for Neuroengineering & Therapeutics(CNT) is seeking a Research Coordinator to participate in a collaborative research group focused on developing a new international Scientific Data Ecosystem for Epilepsy Research.
The CNT brings together clinician scientists and engineers to effectively bring these critical technologies to patient care. The ideal candidate will have an interest in biomedical research, be enthusiastic and highly motivated to participate in team science, have strong computing skills, and experience in machine learning methods. This position offers the opportunity to participate in an innovative research environment, gain hands-on experience with a variety of data analysis techniques, learn about the neuroscience of epilepsy and other neurological disorders, and make critical contributions to primary research publications and grant proposals, including publishing as first author where appropriate.

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Job Responsibilities

Position responsibilities are to provide programmatic support for the Center for Neuroengineering and Therapeutics and the Wagenaar Lab within the Institute for Biomedical Informatics, working both independently and collaboratively within a team to provide research support such as: 1) Assist in the curation and publication of high-quality Epilepsy datasets on a newly created collaborative Data Ecosystem (Epilepsy.Science). Running regular data quality checks to ensure accuracy and completeness; maintaining confidentiality and security of all data. 2) Coordinate research activities with internal and external collaborators, including collecting, uploading, processing data from multiple clinical sites, and establishing Data Use Agreements with external collaborators, 3) Respond to inquiries regarding the use of Pennsieve and create SOP and guidance documentation to assist in training