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JobsFrom: CDDate: 17 Jul 2007 Subject: Yonkers, NY (Right outside NYC): Senior Biostatistician / Machine Learning Scientist / Bioinformatician at Aureon Laboratories, Inc.
About the Company: Aureon Laboratories applies "Systems Pathology" to develop predictive clinical tests for cancer care as well as to facilitate bio-pharmaceutical research and development. Aureon's personalized predictive pathology technology has the potential to significantly advance the state of clinical medicine. Allied with major cancer centers, Aureon is primarily focusing on oncology-based clinical tests to assist physicians in developing appropriate treatment strategies for staging patients with cancer. By employing proprietary tissue analysis technologies Aureon also supports bio-pharmaceutical companies in their quest to develop better targeted therapeutics. Aureon was co-founded by leading physician-scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Yale Cancer Center, and Albert Einstein College of Medicine as well as investors from Sprout Group and Atlas Venture. About the position: Aureon�s Machine Learning Department receives data defining a patient�s disease profile from a variety of domains, including clinical information (i.e., race, age), bio-molecular marker expression, and image analysis of the patient�s tissue. The department interacts with doctors, biologists, and other mathematical/technical experts to analyze and integrate diverse information domains and build models of cancer growth. Tasks include:
While commercially oriented, positions are research based, and individuals continue to publish papers, apply for patents, etc. Additionally, candidates will work in a small company environment and interact daily with doctors, image analysis experts, molecular scientists and others to solve challenges at the unique confluence of systems pathology where many diverse fields converge. Required Senior Biostatistician Qualifications/Backgrounds:
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