Biomedical Curator

Bethesda, MD
Full Time
Experienced
Computercraft is seeking a Biomedical Curator to support the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. NLM maintains a preeminent collection of the world’s published medical literature, including books, journal volumes, pamphlets, and theses, printed from the 15th through the early 21st century; manuscripts ranging in date from the 11th century to the present; fine prints, and other graphic materials from the 15th century to the present; and audio and visual materials.

In this role, you will work full-time reviewing MEDLINE citations that have been machine-indexed with Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) in the PMDM (PubMed Data Management) system and making adjustments to the indexing as needed.

This is full-time position with a remote-eligible work arrangement.

Job Responsibilities
  • Reviewing machine-indexed citations and making adjustments in accordance with established MEDLINE citation curation policy
  • Manual indexing (manually indexing MEDLINE citations with MeSH in the PMDM system in accordance with established MEDLINE indexing policy)
  • Gene linking (linking genes mentioned in MEDLINE citations to NCBI’s Gene database)
  • Other work to support indexing quality assurance, such as constructing PubMed searches to identify citations with missing or incorrect MeSH publication types or other terms; reviewing lists of citations identified as potentially requiring specific indexing corrections; submitting lists of affected PMIDs (PubMed unique identifiers) as batch correction requests; and making manual corrections in the PMDM system

Required Skills/Experience
  • Bachelor’s or higher education in biology, biomedical science, or a related field.
  • Knowledge of biomedical vocabulary, principles, and facts sufficient for:
    •  Understanding and analyzing scientific literature on diverse biomedical topics such as anatomy, physiology, psychology, genetics, biochemistry, and health care practices
    • Comprehending biomedical concepts (even unfamiliar ones)
    •  Understanding biomedical vocabulary, its applications, and relationships between terms
  • Ability to annotate bibliographic citations to the scientific literature with appropriate terms from a controlled vocabulary:
    • Familiarity with biomedical terminology
    • Knowledge of controlled vocabularies (preferably MeSH)
    • Knowledge of the principles of subject indexing (preferably using MeSH)
  • Ability to obtain public trust clearance

Desired Skills/Experience
  • Experience with natural language processing (NLP), text mining, or automated text classification/indexing.
  •  Knowledge of information retrieval, search analytics, and search-user behavior.
  • Experience evaluating algorithms using measures such as precision, recall, F1 score, and related performance metrics.
  • Experience working with controlled vocabularies, taxonomies, thesauri, or ontologies.
  • Familiarity with biomedical or bibliographic data, particularly MEDLINE, PubMed, and MeSH.
  • Experience using SQL, relational databases, version control (e.g., Git), and reproducible analytical workflows.
  • Advanced knowledge of biomedical databases (especially PubMed/MEDLINE) and database search skills, including:
    • Familiarity with typical practices in biomedical publishing, types of scientific publications, components of citations, and basic bibliographic data
    • Proficiency in constructing complex queries (preferably in PubMed/MEDLINE) using advanced search features, including Boolean operators, search fields, and search filters
  • Microsoft Excel, SharePoint, Teams, and Jira

Compensation and Benefits

The anticipated salary range for this position is $95,000–$115,000 annually. The starting salary within this range will be based on relevant experience, qualifications, and skills.

 

Computercraft offers an excellent benefits package that includes health, dental, vision, and disability and life insurance; a 401(k) plan with matching; paid leave starting at 128 hours/year for the first 3 years of employment; and 11 paid holidays. We also offer the opportunity for a positive work–life balance with a standard 40-hour work week and the chance to work alongside a team of highly accomplished professionals.

To learn about other Computercraft job opportunities, please visit the Careers section of our website: https://www.computercraft-usa.com/.

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