A Postdoctoral Research Scientist position is immediately available in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at Columbia University Medical Center. The Postdoctoral Research Scientist will work with Dr. Nicholas Tatonetti on phenotype algorithm development for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD).
Responsibilities: Leading the development and validation efforts of an algorithm which identifies patients with NAFLD using information extracted from structured (diagnoses, lab measurements, medication usage, etc.) and unstructured (clinical notes from imaging and histology reports) data elements in electronic health records (EHRs) from Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC)/NY Presbyterian.
Internal Number: 3121
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