Job Purpose

The Center for Space Medicine’s (CSM) Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) is seeking a highly talented and skilled Assistant Professor to serve as Senior Analytics Officer (SAO). The SAO will define, implement, and execute TRISH’s data and analytics strategy to power its innovations in space health. Specifically, the SAO will augment and oversee the overall architectural design of the data flow generated within TRISH’s research initiatives, and in particular HERMES, the health and environmental research matrix for the exploration of space. The candidate will lead at the forefront of the space health community by guiding space biomedical data standards development. The SAO will enable and facilitate cross-discipline integration of the curated data with the eventual goal of yielding actional insights for the care of astronauts in space.

The ideal candidate will also substantially contribute to the TRISH Science Office by advising funded researchers about data collection and utilization. The SAO will advise in their area of expertise on research projects within Institute initiatives and enable the achievement of key metrics, including NASA's adoption of TRISH products and strategies. Additionally, the candidate will assist the TRISH Scientific Research Director in developing solicitations, reviewing proposals and project progress reports, and crafting technical reports to NASA to meet the Institute’s mission and goals.

The candidate will be eligible for an Assistant Professor faculty appointment within a department that is aligned scientifically. The candidate will also receive an appointment in the Center for Space Medicine. The candidate will formally report to the Center Director and work under the guidance of the TRISH Deputy Director to complete their duties and responsibilities.

The Organizations

CSM was established in 2008 to be a world academic leader in space biomedical research and education and to translate the advances in knowledge and technology to benefit life on Earth. TRISH is a virtual institute awarded through a NASA cooperative agreement and is a consortium with the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. TRISH is charged by NASA’s Human Research Program with finding and providing federal grant funding to develop innovative approaches to reduce risks to humans from commercial flights in low Earth Orbit to deep space missions. Together, the consortium engages a wide network of academic institutions, companies, government labs, commercial space providers, and others to lead a national effort in translating cutting-edge emerging terrestrial research into applied space flight human risk mitigation strategies for exploration missions. Further information is available at www.bcm.edu/spacehealth.

Job Duties

• Define, implement, and execute TRISH’s data and analytics strategy to drive future directions for the Institute’s funded projects, particularly the HERMES science initiative.
• Augment and oversee the overall architectural design of the data flow generated within TRISH’s research initiatives. The SAO will recommend innovative resource utilization and guidelines for integrating the curated data, with the eventual goal of yielding actionable insights for the care of astronauts in space.
• Oversee cutting-edge bioinformatics and data science initiatives to develop predictive analytics and machine learning models from multi-platform datasets towards in-flight health monitoring systems and, ultimately, mission planning.
• Guide data collection standards development for TRISH’s initiatives, particularly for HERMES, TRISH’s health data management platform for space. See more here: video
• Support TRISH’s other science initiatives, namely EXPAND and SENTINEL, by advising on data standardization. For more, see here: TRISH Broad Institute Announcement
• Collaborate with TRISH partners to leverage artificial intelligence tools to learn from the Institute’s invaluable space health datasets (EXPAND) to inform space health decision-making for both future commercial and governmental space missions. For more information see here: video
• Support the TRISH Science Office by assisting with developing new solicitations and ongoing project reports to NASA, reviewing proposals, and providing technical advice to TRISH-funded researchers regarding data collection and standardization.
• Partner across TRISH to embed AI capabilities throughout projects and to facilitate portfolio decision-making.
• Interface and communicate with representatives from NASA, funded researchers, academia, industry, or government partners, and other individuals on behalf of the Institute.
• Mentor CSM Medical Students in independent research projects.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education Required: Doctorate degree Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math (STEM) or Allied Health field is required.
• Experience may not be substituted in lieu of degree.
• Five or more years of post-terminal degree technical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Training in biomedical, computational, and engineering domains spanning from the wet/dry laboratory to remote field work settings.
• Demonstrated experience building and guiding multidisciplinary teams.     

Characteristics

• Collaborative team player that is comfortable with quick changes in directions and plans
• Self-starter, fearless, and driven to plan and execute projects to completion
• Strong communicator in written and oral skills. Comfortable sharing highly technical content with expert and lay audiences
• Open-minded, agile, and flexible problem-solver
• Effective working in a hybrid work environment

Additional Requirements

• Some domestic travel may be required.
• Hybrid work is available but must be based in the Greater Houston area