Job Description - Internship - Database (Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging) (TAL-NAHU20241111-001)
Organization
NAHU-Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section
Primary Location
Job Posting
2024-11-21, 8:31:15 AM
Closing Date
2024-11-28, 10:59:00 PM
Duration: 12 months
Contract Type: Interns
The IAEA accepts a limited number of interns each year. The internships are awarded to persons studying towards a university degree or who have recently received a degree.
Organizational Setting
The Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications implements the IAEA's Major Programme 2, "Nuclear Techniques for Development and Environmental Protection". This programme comprises individual programmes on food and agriculture, human health, water resources, environment and radiation technologies.
The Division of Human Health is organized into four Sections whose objectives are to enhance the capabilities of Member States to address needs related to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of health problems through the development and application of nuclear techniques.
The Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section's primary objective is to enhance Member States' capabilities to use nuclear medicine and other imaging technologies efficiently, mainly for cancer and cardiac diseases.
Main Purpose
As an intern in the Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging section, the incumbent will learn about our activities in project management, coordinated research projects and selected consultancy meetings. The intern collaborates on:
* Development and maintenance of NMDI's databases
* Collection and cleaning of NMDI's databases
* Design data modelling processes and creating algorithms and predictive models for data analysis
* Design of data storage
The intern contributes to exploring NMDI datasets using statistical and visualization techniques to gain insights, identify patterns, and understand the underlying structure of the data.
Functions / Key Results Expected
* Participate in research projects conducted by the NMDI, handling the databases as well as the cloud-based system.
* Perform analysis of the research data, prepare graphs, determine trends, perform analytical curve fitting, and present the summary in a report.
* Participate in cost-analysis of investment in medical imaging technology studies.
Qualifications and Experience
* University degree in Data science, statistics, data management or other related discipline.
* Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, Word, EndNote, email client systems, and internet search engines.
* Knowledge of data collection, analysis, and presentation.
* Experience with statistical concepts, software, literature searching, and current research methods.
* Knowledge of Kafka, Stata, Python, or other statistical software for data science.
* Knowledge of statistical analysis.
Applicant Eligibility
* Candidates must be a minimum of 20 years of age and have completed at least three years of full-time studies at a university or equivalent institution towards the completion of a first degree.
* Candidates may apply up to one year after the completion of a bachelor's, master's or doctorate degree.
* Candidates must not have previously participated in the IAEA's internship programme.
* Good written and spoken English essential; fluency in any other IAEA official language (Arabic, Chinese, French, Spanish or Russian) an asset.
* Candidates must attach two signed letters of recommendation to their application.
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