The qualified candidate will serve jointly as a member of the OSU-CCC leadership, and as a faculty member in OSU-BMI. In this role, the candidate will:

1. Provide strategic informatics planning and management for OSU-CCC informatics programs (to include the establishment and tracking of strategic goals and milestones; the identification, acquisition, and management of required resources; and the oversight of informatics development and support staff).

2. Serve as the primary informatics liaison between OSU-CCC and the OSUMC translational research and informatics communities, as well as the broader translational research and informatics communities at-large.

3. Engage in research and development projects targeting informatics support for clinical and translational research that will support OSU-CCC activities, working in coordination with OSU-BMI and the OSUMC Information Systems group.

4. Actively participating in ongoing training activities within OSU-CCC and OSU-BMI.

Qualified candidates at both the junior (assistant professor) and senior (associate professor or professor) levels will be considered for this position. Applicants at the senior level should have a demonstrated track record of publications, training activities, and extramurally funded research.

To apply, please refer to the faculty application instructions at the end of this section.

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI, ) at The Ohio State University Medical Center (OSUMC, http://medicalcenter.osu.edu) has opportunities for research track junior faculty and postdoctoral researchers. As part of OSUMC, BMI is actively involved in a robust and expansive informatics research and development program, spanning multiple domains including: clinical, translational, imaging, and computational systems informatics. These efforts are complemented by access to the diverse education, research, and clinical activities of The Ohio State University (http://www.osu.edu), as well as the advanced information systems environment of OSUMC which includes comprehensive and rapidly expanding inpatient and outpatient electronic health records, computer-based order entry, clinical decision support systems, clinical trials management systems, and an enterprise-wide information warehouse. OSUMC, which incorporates three major academic hospitals (The Ohio State University Hospital, James Cancer Hospital, and Richard M. Ross Heart Hospital), has been ranked by U.S. News and World Reports as one of 'Americas Best Hospitals' consecutively for 15 years, and is also recognized at one of America's top 100 'wired' medical centers.

BMI is specifically seeking applicants with research interests that are complementary to the following areas:

• Clinical Informatics: Clinical informatics research and development within BMI and throughout OSUMC currently focuses on the following areas: the design and evaluation of clinical information systems including ambulatory and inpatient electronic health records as well as clinical trials management systems; the analysis, modeling, and optimization of biomedical workflow; the implementation of rules-engine technologies for clinical and operational decision support; and the application of advanced data modeling and knowledge engineering approaches to enable the population and use of enterprise-wide, multi-dimensional data warehousing platforms.

• Translational Informatics: Translational informatics research and development within BMI currently focuses on the following areas: ontology-anchored integration and analysis of bio-molecular and phenotypic data sources; the design of tools intended to support the discovery, analysis, and dissemination of high-throughput biomedical data sets; and the use of natural language processing and text mining approaches to extract and codify information contained in biological and clinical narrative text and literature.

Applications: The successful applicant will have an M.D. and/ or Ph.D in computer science, biomedical informatics, or a related discipline. Evidence of peer reviewed journal and/or conference publications is preferred. To apply, please e-mail a cover letter, CV and list of references to: facultypositions@lists.bmi.ohio-state.edu. PDF submissions are preferred. Evaluation of applications is underway and will continue until positions are filled.

To apply, please refer to the faculty application instructions at the end of this section.

BMI seeks faculty candidates with research interests in medical informatics, grid computing, distributed databases, data-intensive computing, knowledge integration systems, knowledge management, and translational research.

OSUMC: 1) an internationally recognized grid/data intensive biomedical computing group, 2) a comprehensive information warehouse, 3) a Center for Knowledge Management, and 4) an informatics infrastructure that includes a deployed clinician order entry and a completely digital radiology infrastructure.

BMI is committed to supporting the development of cutting-edge technologies with innovative applications in basic and translational biomedical research. Applicants should have a strong background in computer science with interest in medical applications or a clinical background in any subspecialty with substantial experience developing software to support clinical research or practice.

To apply, please refer to the faculty application instructions at the end of this section.

BMI seeks broadly trained scientists with computational research programs of biomedical relevance and collaborative potential. The following programs complementing BMI's current research efforts are of particular interest: high performance and data intensive computing, promoter and chromatin analysis, biomedical image processing and quantification, comparative genomics and phylogenetics, pharmacogenomics, cancer (including genetic and epigenetic variation), cardiovascular (including genetics and imaging), neuroscience, transplantation and critical care.

To apply, please refer to the faculty application instructions at the end of this section.

BMI seeks faculty candidates with research interests in imaging informatics. Imaging informatics research and development within BMI currently focuses on development of novel computational infrastructures for interoperable and efficient exchange of imaging data across the cancer research community; computer-assisted analysis of clinical imaging data; implementation of computationally efficient structures to handle large-scale imaging data; development of high throughput algorithms for automatic analysis of 2-D, 3-D and 4-D microscopic image data; prediction of radiation treatment outcome as well as analysis of microscopic imaging towards basic understanding of cancer.

Applicants should have an earned doctoral degree in Biomedical Informatics, Radiology, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science / Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related fields.

To apply, please refer to the faculty application instructions at the end of this section.

Overview

The Software Research Institute (SRI) within the Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) is searching for Senior Software Engineers to develop software on our expanding software projects. Biomedical Informatics is a research department within The Ohio State University. BMI’s mission is to be the worldwide leader in discovering, creating, and applying leading-edge biomedical informatics innovations to improve individuals' lives through personalized healthcare.

BMI has a central role in leading software development for multidisciplinary research initiatives within the biomedical research community. BMI leads development of the core middleware, caGrid, that is used by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to create the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™), a national program with the goal of facilitating collaborative cancer research. The caGrid project has won a number of awards and received acclaim within the research community. In January 2008, Frontier Magazine featured Dr. Joel Saltz and the BMI research team’s work on caGrid.

Other high-impact software development led by BMI includes the caBIG In Vivo Imaging Middleware (IVIM), domain-specific software designed to investigate imaging as a biomarker. Clinical and translational research is supported by the newly-awarded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) initiative. The CardioVascular Research Grid (CVRG), for which OSU leads grid development, has adopted and is extending the caGrid middleware to facilitate collaborative cardiovascular research.

BMI is searching for candidates to join our team to make valuable contributions to our software development projects. Please refer to the Position Description below for further details.

Position Description

The Senior Software Engineer position is an experienced software development (potentially lead) role. Please see the requirements, required skills, and preferred skills below for more information.

Requirements:

·         Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (Computer Engineering, etc.)

·         4+ years of rigorous software engineering experience

·         Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to translate technical issues and problems to a non-technical audience.

·         The motivation and initiative to break down barriers to success

·         Demonstrated experience with full software development cycle

Required skills include:

·         4+ years of Java development experience

·         Strong grasp of object-oriented principles

·         Knowledge of XML

·         Experience with relational database development, including object-relational mapping and XML schema binding technologies

·         Intermediate level knowledge of Linux

·         Experience with cross-platform (Windows and Linux) development and cross-platform software development issues

·         Intermediate level networking knowledge (firewall issues, TCP/IP networking, etc.)

·         Strong experience with continuous testing (both unit testing and system testing) to ensure a high level of code quality

·         Experience with agile development

Preferred skills include:

·         Experience leading a software development project

·         Experience delivering software solutions for customers

·         Distributed computing

·         Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), especially grid computing technologies

To Apply

Email your resume/CV to careers@bmi.osu.edu with the Subject: Senior Software Engineer.

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) at The Ohio State University is seeking highly qualified individuals to serve in the role of Director of Translational Research Informatics for The Ohio State University (OSU) Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS). The CCTS was recently established as part of a prestigious Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) received by OSU from the National Institutes of Health. It is responsible for supporting clinical and translational research and training activities spanning the entire OSU campus and Nationwide Children’s Hospital. The CCTS includes a Center for Translational Research Computing (CTRC), which is the primary coordination point for CCTS-wide translational informatics programs.

The successful candidate will serve as a member of the CTRC senior management team under the direction of the CTRC Director. In this capacity, the Director of Translational Research Informatics will oversee and participate in a team of software engineers and technical professionals involved in the design, development, and support of electronic data interchange (EDI) infrastructure systems and data management, integration, and analysis applications for large-scale, heterogeneous biomedical data sets. Where appropriate, a secondary appointment as a research track faculty member in OSU BMI will also be made as part of this position.

Significant scientific, technical, and management expertise will be required to fulfill these roles. Candidates with experience in the design and implementation of web-services and/or grid-computing infrastructure systems are preferred. The successful applicant will have a Ph.D. or Masters degree in computer science, biomedical informatics, or a related discipline. Evidence of software development and management expertise in similar settings is required.

A competitive compensation and benefits package, commensurate with experience, will be offered to the successful candidate for this position.

To Apply

Email your cover letter, resume/CV, and list of 3 references (preferably in PDF) to careers@bmi.osu.edu with the Subject: Director of Translational Research Informatics.

Overview

The Software Research Institute (SRI) within the Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) is searching for Software Engineers to develop software on our expanding software projects. Biomedical Informatics is a research department within The Ohio State University. BMI’s mission is to be the worldwide leader in discovering, creating, and applying leading-edge biomedical informatics innovations to improve individuals' lives through personalized healthcare.

BMI has a central role in leading software development for multidisciplinary research initiatives within the biomedical research community. BMI leads development of the core middleware, caGrid, that is used by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to create the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™), a national program with the goal of facilitating collaborative cancer research. The caGrid project has won a number of awards and received acclaim within the research community. In January 2008, Frontier Magazine featured Dr. Joel Saltz and the BMI research team’s work on caGrid.

Other high-impact software development led by BMI includes the caBIG In Vivo Imaging Middleware (IVIM), domain-specific software designed to investigate imaging as a biomarker. Clinical and translational research is supported by the newly-awarded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) initiative. The CardioVascular Research Grid (CVRG), for which OSU leads grid development, has adopted and is extending the caGrid middleware to facilitate collaborative cardiovascular research.

BMI is searching for candidates to join our team to make valuable contributions to our software development projects. Please refer to the Position Description below for further details.

Position Description

The Software Engineer position is a beginner- to intermediate-level software development role. Please see the requirements, required skills, and preferred skills below for more information.

Requirements:

·         Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field (Computer Engineering, etc.)

·         Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to translate technical issues and problems to a non-technical audience.

·         The motivation and initiative to break down barriers to success

Required skills include:

·         Java development experience

·         Strong grasp of object-oriented principles

·         Knowledge of XML

·         Experience with relational databases

·         Familiarity with Linux development

·         Intermediate level networking knowledge (firewall issues, TCP/IP networking, etc.)

·         Experience with continuous testing (both unit testing and system testing) to ensure high code quality

·         Familiarity with agile development process

Preferred skills include:

·         Distributed computing knowledge

·         Familiarity with Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA)

To Apply

Email your resume/CV to careers@bmi.osu.edu with the Subject: Software Engineer.

Overview

The Software Research Institute (SRI) within the Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) is searching for Technical Consultants to provide expert knowledge to user communities that utilize software developed in the department. Biomedical Informatics is a research department within The Ohio State University. BMI’s mission is to be the worldwide leader in discovering, creating, and applying leading-edge biomedical informatics innovations to improve individuals' lives through personalized healthcare.

BMI has a central role in leading software development for multidisciplinary research initiatives within the biomedical research community. BMI leads development of the core middleware, caGrid, that is used by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to create the cancer Biomedical Informatics Grid (caBIG™), a national program with the goal of facilitating collaborative cancer research. The caGrid project has won a number of awards and received acclaim within the research community. In January 2008, Frontier Magazine featured Dr. Joel Saltz and the BMI research team’s work on caGrid.

Other high-impact software development led by BMI includes the caBIG In Vivo Imaging Middleware (IVIM), domain-specific software designed to investigate imaging as a biomarker. Clinical and translational research is supported by the newly-awarded Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) initiative. The CardioVascular Research Grid (CVRG), for which OSU leads grid development, has adopted and is extending the caGrid middleware to facilitate collaborative cardiovascular research.

BMI is searching for candidates to join our team to facilitate the adoption of our software. Please refer to the Position Description below for further details.

Position Description

As a Technical Consultant, you will be expected to have expert-level knowledge of in-house software. You will help user communities to adopt software by troubleshooting technical issues, leveraging best practices, and documenting reusable architecture and design patterns. Please see the requirements, required skills, and preferred skills below for more information.

Requirements:

·         Bachelor’s degree in a Computer Science or related field (Computer Engineering, etc.)

·         4+ years of rigorous software engineering experience

·         Excellent leadership, interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to translate technical issues and problems to a non-technical audience.

·         The motivation and initiative to break down barriers to success

Required skills include:

·         5+ years of Java development experience

·         Significant experience with distributed systems (e.g., SOA and web services)

·         Knowledge of XML

·         Familiarity with relational database development, including object-relational mapping and XML schema binding technologies

·         Intermediate level knowledge of Linux

·         Knowledge of Windows and Linux platform differences

·         Intermediate level networking knowledge (firewall issues, TCP/IP networking, etc.)

Preferred skills include:

·         Experience providing software consulting services

·         Experience delivering software solutions and architecture specifications for customers

·         Familiarity with grid computing technologies

To Apply

Email your resume/CV to careers@bmi.osu.edu with the Subject: Technical Consultant.

The Department of Biomedical Informatics discovers, creates, and applies leading-edge biomedical informatics innovations to improve individuals' lives through personalized healthcare.

BMI develops middleware and software tools for biomedical, clinical and imaging informatics. Key projects include Internet computing, web services, grid services, portals, Java technologies, data integration, data mining, federated security infrastructure and high performance computing. Individuals should have a clear understanding of the vision and future directions of the projects they lead and should be able to work with large communities to promote and spread adoption of the project.

Position Duties

• Function as Systems Administrator in the Department of Biomedical Informatics; provide technical support for Linux and Windows servers and desktop workstations including hardware,operating systems, and applications; monitor and maintain department services, email, and web service; manage several Linux clusters of different architectures
• Participate in identifying hardware needs and purchasing hardware for department; maintain hardware inventory system and documentation on department systems; support networking of desktop workstations, department servers, and cluster nodes
• Maintain and secure wireless networks; schedule and perform regular department-wide backups of user data; manages security of computers including maintaining department firewall, identifying possible security threats, and responding to unauthorized access; participate in developing department policies for computer usage; support videoconferencing systems
• Manage and plan for facilities issues related to server room; collaborate with OSU Medical Center IS team to design, implement,install, configure and maintain Research DMZ network at the Biomedical Research Tower; serve as main point of contact for researchers accessing the Research DMZ.
• Maintain, monitor, support and upgrade NSF RI Linux cluster and the multi-site high speed network;perform installation, maintenance, and periodic hardware and software upgrades; provides assistance to the users (faculty and students) of infrastructure;extends guidance during acquisition of equipment; provides appropriate interface with the computing/networking staff at CSE, BMI, and OSC for smooth operation of the infrastructure.
• Partner with CTRC(Center for Translational Research Computing, within the Center for Clinical and Translational Science) faculty, staff, and students to select, implement,and manage research computing infrastructure, including (but not limited to)collaborative tools, database management systems, and scientific computing resources; manage student employees.

Experience/Skills
Required: Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience managing Linux systems. Available to respond to network and systems problems during nights and weekends. Applicant must be willing to be on call in case of a systems emergency. This may require carrying a cell phone or pager. If a systems emergency were to occur the applicant must make himself or herself available to fix the situation within a reasonable amount of time.

Desired: MS degree or experience as a systems administrator supporting computer hardware. Extensive knowledge of Linux operating system and clusters. Experience managing infrastructure services(NFS, NIS,etc.) on Linux servers. Experience with NFS root file systems. Knowledge of networking fundamentals. Demonstrated ability to communicate technical ideas to non-technical persons verbally and in writing.

• Oversees all aspects of development and maintenance of departmental web site (http://bmi.osu.edu)
• Maintains existing department web infrastructure including static sites, and the dynamic database driven sites
• Implements, tests, and maintains web applications used to add content to the website.
• Develops and maintains database of department’s publications and presentation for web site
• Ability to work as a team with graphic designers and content developers to produce/update web sites requested by the department.

Function Statement

The Department of Biomedical Informatics is seeking a multi-talented, self-directed, highly-motivated individual to provide editorial and technical writing services for web-related information, user documentation for software applications, technical reports, grants and other material related to the department's various high-end computing activities.

Essential Duties

• Reviews and edits user manuals, technical reports, grants, and other written material
• Writes and edits reports, presentations, and other material for dissemination to professional groups, sponsors, media, and the public
• Develops and maintains database of department's publications and presentations for web site and other venues. Insures currency and accuracy of database
• Performs other duties as assigned by departmental faculty and administrative personnel.

Education and Skills

Demonstrated ability in technical editing and technical writing preferred.

Applications: Candidates should send a cover letter and resume, preferably via email.

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) at the Ohio State University is currently inviting applications for postdoctoral positions in microscopy image analysis. Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in one of the following areas: computer science, molecular biology, biomedical engineering, bioinformatics, computer biology, image analysis, and record of publications in a relevant area.

Position: This a research-oriented position, involving bioinformatics computer image analysis and 3-D reconstruction of morphological structures in a variety of microscopy modalities. The position will be primarily in the Department of Biomedical Informatics, Ohio State University, but the research will involve multi-disciplinary collaboration with scientists from multiple departments.

The postdoctoral candidate will be expected to actively participate in all aspects of research and help in supervising graduate research assistants in their research projects. Most of our projects are multi-disciplinary and involve collaboration with scientists from more than one institution.

The initial appointment will be for one year, but the position is renewable per year basis. At the end of two years, postdoctoral researchers will have opportunity to be evaluated for tenure track position in the Biomedical Informatics Department.

The Department of Biomedical Informatics (BMI) at the Ohio State University is currently inviting applications for postdoctoral positions in high-performance, data-intensive, and grid computing areas. Candidates should have a Ph.D. degree in computer science or a related discipline and background in high-performance and distributed systems.

Position: This is a research oriented position; the postdoctoral candidate will be expected to actively participate in all aspects of research and help in supervising graduate research assistants in their research projects. Most of our projects are multi-disciplinary and involve collaboration with both application developers and computer scientists from various institutions, including National Partnership for Advanced Computational Infrastructure (NPACI), San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), University of Texas at Austin, Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), Computer and Information Science Department (CIS) at The Ohio State University, and University of Maryland. The postdoctoral candidate should have ability to work in a team and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary group of researchers.

The initial appointment will be for one year, but the position is renewable per year basis. At the end of two years, postdoctoral researchers will have opportunity to be evaluated for tenure track position in the Biomedical Informatics Department.

Research focus: Rapid advance in computing and networking technologies is leading to the development of a wide range of new generation applications. These applications include real-time processing of medical (MRI, CT) data, telemedicine (remote diagnosis, remote surgery, telepathology), medical education, exploration and visualization of output from simulations, and analysis and use of various sorts of sensor data. Typically such data intensive applications operate on large-scale data (up to tens of terabytes in size), which is dynamic (changing over time), multidimensional, and heterogeneous (multi-scale, multi-resolution). The availability of low-cost systems, built from networks of commodity computers and high-capacity disks, has greatly enhanced a scientist's ability to store large-scale scientific data. As networks get faster, it is also becoming increasingly feasible and cost-effective to use heterogeneous collections of storage and computing systems across local- and wide-area networks (the Grid).

Our research focuses on the development of system software and methods to provide support for data intensive applications that query and manipulate collections of large multi-dimensional scientific datasets on high-performance machines and in distributed environments. The main emphasis of the current research projects is the design and implementation of (1) high-performance data servers for multi-dimensional, multi-resolution datasets, (2) tools and methods for supporting data coupling among parallel simulation codes and between experimental data and simulation codes, (3) data management and manipulation frameworks for the Grid environment, and (4) component-based frameworks and optimizations for data analysis applications on high-performance platforms and in distributed environments. Related research issues also include indexing methods for multi-dimensional, multi-resolution datasets, distributed visualization and data mining applications, file system and operating system support for component-based frameworks.

The availability of graduate student research associateships is contingent upon the needs of particular research projects.

Interested graduate students should contact:

• Department of Biomedical Informatics
• The Ohio State University
• 3190 Graves Hall
• 333 West 10th Avenue
• Columbus, Ohio 43210
• Email Contact: The BMI Jobs email list

Summary of Duties

The department of Biomedical Informatics is an Ohio State University graduate department. We do cutting-edge research on problems intersecting computer science and biomedical fields. We are looking for undergraduate/graduate students to help us with our ongoing projects.

Required Qualifications

• Strong programming skills with Java, XML, C++ would be preferred

Desired Qualifications

• Familiarity with user interface development, computer networks, software engineering, and distributed computing would be a plus but not required.
• Ability to work in research and development of software to support research projects preferred

The position will provide excellent preparation for a student interested in pursuing a biotechnology or IT career in a clinical setting.

BMI is continuously looking for top undergraduate students to assist with administration, programming, and research. The availability of specific positions depends on the current needs of a particular area.

Currently, BMI is seeking student web developers, programmers, and office associates.

Interested students are invited to apply:

• Department of Biomedical Informatics
• The Ohio State University
• 3190 Graves Hall
• 333 West 10th Avenue
• Columbus, Ohio 43210
• Email Contact: The BMI Jobs email list