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For years, Abbott’s medical device businesses have offered technologies that are faster, more effective, and less invasive. Whether it’s glucose monitoring systems, innovative therapies for treating heart disease, or products that help people with chronic pain or movement disorders, our medical device technologies are designed to help people live their lives better and healthier. Every day, our technologies help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine ?ngersticks.
Summary:
Our location in Sylmar, CA is currently seeking a Senior Clinical Scientist. The Senior Clinical Scientist will work within the Global Data Science & Analytics team. You will lead projects that generate impactful evidence and insights related to medical device technology, relevant disease states, and healthcare economics. You will collaborate with peers within the function, across the organization, and thought leaders outside the company. You will work with different types of data, developing creative ways to analyze and present your results. You will prepare conference presentations and develop scientific manuscripts. You will also support digital health initiatives. Your work will support healthcare decisions by patients, physicians, health authorities, payers, and policy-makers.
Main responsibilities will include:
- Lead and complete projects related to medical devices in the areas of cardiovascular disease and neuromodulation
- Collaborate with peers within the function, across the organization and outside the company
- Identify evidence gaps and develop creative ways to fill them
- Design and execute clinically-relevant data analyses
- Prepare conference presentations and scientific manuscripts
- Work with varied data types, including clinical study data, electronic health records, remote device monitoring data, and insurance claims data
- Present to internal and external stakeholders with varied backgrounds
- Cultivate relationships with key opinion leaders in the industry
- Become a domain expert in data science and clinical landscape
- Maintain a scientific, analytical mindset and drive projects from conception to completion
- Investigate the patent implications of research outcomes and coordinate with intellectual property attorneys
- Support digital health initiatives
Desired skills:
- Excellent written skills, with proven ability to prepare scientific manuscripts
- Excellent verbal communication skills and ability to speak with experts in the field
- Excellent data wrangling and data analysis skills
- Knowledge of statistical methods such as survival analysis, Poisson regression, propensity score matching
- Experience with analytical software tools such as R, Matlab, SAS, Python
- Ability to come up with innovative data analysis, visualization, and presentation strategies
- Ability to creatively solve problems and to learn new skills or datasets
- Ability to work independently but in a team environment
Qualifications required:
- Associates Degree (± 13 years)
- 4+ years experience
Preferred qualifications:
- Ph.D./2+ or MS/5+ years of experience in biomedical engineering, health/biomedical sciences, epidemiology, or related field
WHAT WE OFFER
At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:
- Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
- Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
- Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
- Paid time off
- 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
- The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities
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