Research Coordinator Job in San Antonio, Texas Us
Seeking applications for Research Coordinator and Image Analyst position for the Department of Physics and Earth Sciences. This individual will work closely with the students and faculty of the physics department at St. Mary’s University along with researchers at the Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, and will play an integral role in the BrainMap Neuroinformatics Project (www.brainmap.org). Suitable Applicants must have extensive experience in neuroimaging analysis and manipulation, computer software programming, and the interpretation and presentation of neuroscience imaging results.
EDUCATION: Bachelor's degree in computer science, physics, or engineering from a four-year college or university.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Develops, tests, and implements java-based software for the BrainMap meta-analysis project, specifically Scribe, Sleuth, and GingerALE.
- Develops, tests, and implements new meta-analytic algorithms using the activation likelihood estimation.
- Maintains the BrainMap website (www.brainmap.org) and associated user forum, which includes responding to user requests for assistance, debugging, or troubleshooting.
- Develops, tests, and implements shell scripts for data mining projects related to the BrainMap database and/or resting state or task-based functional magnetic resonance imaging data.
- Assists with the supervision of undergraduate students performing neuroscience imaging research using meta-analysis and the BrainMap database
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:
General Experience
- Minimum of 10 years development experience using the Java programming language
- Demonstrated work experience developing Java GUI applications
- Demonstrated work experience with Apple Xcode developing environment
- Demonstrated work experience with Java runtime environments on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X, Sun Solaris, and Linux operating systems
- Demonstrated work experience creating large, modular, object-oriented programs.
- Image-Based Experience
- Demonstrated work experience with large volume of data sets such as MRI and PET images
- Demonstrated work experience developing automated methods for transfer and archival of medical images (MRI, PET, CT, etc.)
- Demonstrated work experience interfacing with DICOM protocols
- Demonstrated work experience reading proprietary image formats, such as CTI PET images
- Demonstrated work experience using shell scripts and the Python programming language
- Demonstrated work experience reading and writing images in the NIfTI image format
- Demonstrated work experience creating XML formats of image-based data
- Demonstrated work experience translating coordinates to/from the Talairach coordinate system as defined in the 1988 Talairach Atlas
- Software Development Experience
- Demonstrated work experience developing a Java client application for accessing a remote server database
- Demonstrated work experience creating and manipulating 3D regions of interest for searching and analyzing data
- Demonstrated work experience with image displays in Java, including binary images and functional overlays
- Demonstrated work experience developing a Java server application for querying a hierarchical set of neuroanatomical labels
- Demonstrated work experience creating plug-ins for image viewing software
- Analysis-Based Experience
- Demonstrated work experience with high-level statistical analyses of neuroimaging data, such as principal component analysis and independent component analysis
- Demonstrated work experience with data mining and meta-analysis within a large scale neuroinformatics archive
Applications can be found at www.stmarytx.edu/hr . Along with the employment application please also submit electronically a letter of application addressing the above experience and qualifications, curriculum vitae/resume, and contact information for three references to: Dr. Robert W. Laird, Associate Professor of Physics,
e-mail: rlaird@stmarytx.edu
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until a suitable candidate is identified. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check. Initial employment period will be for one year and may be renewed annually depending on funding. St. Mary’s University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.