Hey OODT devs and users, My research group at Children's Hospital Los Angeles is hiring software developers to work specifically with OODT. This is an ideal position for anyone passionate about open source and data management and who wants to work on a high impact project (in particular one that has the potential to transform health care in the US). This person will also have the chance to work directly with the team from JPL and to build something from the ground up.
Further details about the position at the bottom of this email. Feel free to share this with friends, other lists, etc. Interested parties should inquire or email their resume to Dave Kale at [email protected]. gratefully, Dave ------ The Virtual Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (VPICU) at CHLA is hiring software engineers! The US is pouring billions of dollars into the health industry to drive migration to electronic health records (EHRs). Recent studies into the connection between EHR adoption and quality of care reveal that we have little to show for our investment -- except increasingly large and rich collections of health data, which often sit underutilized in fragmented, proprietary stores. The VPICU wants to put this data to work to revolutionize the care delivered at the bedside. We have significant funding and are in the midst of a multi-year, NLM-funded project focused on managing and analyzing large amounts of medical research data across institutional boundaries. In particular, we are working closely with the data systems group from the NASA Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) to adapt and deploy the Apache Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) suite (http://oodt.apache.org) for the creation and management of a dynamic clinical data repository. The prototype system will be deployed at CHLA immediately and at a second site before the end of summer 2011; eventually we plan to deploy it at over a hundred pediatric centers, creating a nationally distributed research data sharing network that manages data from hundreds of thousands of patient encounters. This is an awesome opportunity for the right candidate to * Contribute to a high-impact project that can change the way medicine is practiced * Meet and network with thought leaders from a variety of industries and fields * Have the freedom to experiment with bleeding edge technologies in a unique data domain * Build high-demand skill sets (data management, Hadoop, NOSQL, etc.) under the tutelage of experts at JPL * Contribute to an up‐and‐coming top‐level Apache project * Publish papers and lay the groundwork for future academic work * Learn about the health care industry from the inside We are looking for developers with strong Java skills and basic knowledge of database systems. Full-time applicants should have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree in CS (or related) and experience with large collaborative projects, either in school or professionally. The most important qualities we seek are the ability to thrive in an unstructured, collaborative environment with minimal direct supervision and the desire to building something (not simply draw a paycheck). Interested parties should inquire or email their resume to Dave Kale at [email protected].
