Sessional Instructor - BTC1877H - Data Science in Health II 1

Date Posted: September 4th, 2024

Closing Date: September 6th, 2024 - 11:59 PM EST
Req ID: 39576
Faculty/Division:  School of Graduate Studies
Department: Master of Biotechnology Program
Campus: UTM - University of Toronto Mississauga

 

 

BTC1877H - Data Science in Health II 

 

This graduate course takes students with a basic background in statistics and equips them to tackle massive data sets in health. The focus will be on advanced statistical tests in machine learning and assemble such tests by accessing and validating publicly available code in the R programming language and creating their own code as needed. Students will also learn additional techniques pertaining web scraping, working with unstructured data, data cleaning and data governance building upon the course Data Science in Health I. The course will emphasise creative approaches to analysing data and how to be critical of misleading analysis. Each class will involve both lecture and weekly tutorial assignments. The major project for the course will involve a large health data set that teams will compete to analyse.

Estimated course enrollment: 18

Positions: 1

Hours: 40-50 hours

RATE: $52.26 hour as per CUPE Unit 3 Collective Agreement

Dates of Appointment: Labs: September 9th, 2024 to December 20h 2024 (Monday – Friday 8:30AM – 5:00PM)

Qualifications 

Doctorate or advanced degree in biostatistics or similar quantitative field, experience with machine learning, fluency in R statistical language

Previous experience is the more relevant criterion than the need to acquire experience in respect of this posted position.

Duties 

Typical duties may include: invigilation, grading term tests, compiling grades, grading assignments, communicating with students, adding to the course content as appropriate

How to Apply:

Submit the completed application form, together with your CV to: ortensia.qendro@utoronto.ca, MBiotech Program, UTM. Include ‘BTC1877H SIA Application’ in the subject line.

 

 

 

Closing Date: September  6th, 2024 - 11:59 PM EST

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This job is posted in accordance with the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 Collective Agreement. 

 

 

 

 

 It is understood that some announcements of vacancies are tentative, pending final course determinations and enrolment. Should rates stipulated in the collective agreement vary from rates stated in this posting, the rates stated in the collective agreement shall prevail.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preference in hiring is given to qualified individuals advanced to the rank of Sessional Lecturer II or Sessional Lecturer III in accordance with Article 14:12 of the CUPE 3902 Unit 3 collective agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Please note: Undergraduate or graduate students and postdoctoral fellows of the University of Toronto are covered by the CUPE 3902 Unit 1 collective agreement rather than the Unit 3 collective agreement, and should not apply for positions posted under the Unit 3 collective agreement.