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Labcorp is seeking a Senior Curation Scientist to join our team in a fully remote capacity.

Work Schedule: This is a full time, exempt (salaried) position. Standard business hours align with Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. in the employee's local time zone. Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.

Work Authorization: This position requires permanent authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future. Sponsorship (including H-1B, OPT/CPT, EAD, or other temporary work authorization) is not available.

Job Responsibilities

• Collaborate with members of the Oncology Data Curation team and crossfunctional partners to design data structures in JSON and relational formats that reflect the complexity of oncology testing data.
• Interpret oncology diagnostic test results to accurately map them into enterprise data models.
• Develop mappings between clinical test results and enterprise data warehouse structures to enable largescale data integration.
• Apply and maintain clinical data standards including ICDO3, FHIR, mCODE, LOINC, ICD10, UMLS, SNOMED, and related standards as appropriate.
• Standardize disease and biomarker data using controlled biomedical vocabularies and classifications.
• Expand and maintain biomedical ontologies to support evolving oncology knowledge.
• Apply natural language processing techniques to extract structured information from clinical test results.
• Curate, analyze, harmonize, and manage large oncology data sets while ensuring high data quality standards.
• Partner with engineering teams and participate in the full development lifecycle, from research and prototyping through production deployment.
• Support data quality, governance, and continuous improvement initiatives across oncology data platforms.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, or Biostatstics with 5 or more years of experience; or Master's degree with 3 or more years of experience.
• 1 or more year of demonstrated experience in bioinformatics, information integration, or knowledge modeling.
• 1 or more year of experience working with and processing nextgeneration sequencing (NGS) datasets and databases.
• 1 or more year of experience using general bioinformatics resources such as NCBI Entrez Gene, PubMed, OMIM, or ClinVar.

Preferred Qualifications

• PhD with 2 or more years experience.

Additional Job Standards

• Familiarity with clinical data standards such as HL7 and FHIR.
• Understanding of cancer biology and oncology therapies.
• Experience curating biomedical data and integrating terminologies for ontology development.
• Experience working with relational databases and platforms such as Databricks or SAP HANA.
• Proficiency in Python or Tcl scripting and SQL query development.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, and version control systems (Git).
• Experience integrating public and proprietary biomedical information sources at scale.
• Exposure to scientific natural language processing or textmining technologies.
• Strong attention to detail with excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary project teams with a strong sense of ownership.
• Ability to demonstrate relevant research expertise through publications, presentations, software tools, or applied knowledge.

About the Role

The Senior Curation Scientist supports Labcorp's innovative oncology data initiatives by transforming complex oncology testing data into highquality, usable enterprise data assets. This role combines biomedical expertise with data curation, ontology development, and knowledge management to enable advanced analytics and datadriven clinical insights. The position works within a collaborative, crossfunctional environment alongside software engineers, clinicians, and data consumers to support Labcorp's enterprise oncology data strategy.

Application Window: 8/15/2026

Pay Range: $125-145k

All job offers will bebased on a candidate's skills and prior relevant experience, applicabledegrees/certifications,as well as internal equity and market data.The position is also eligible for an annual bonus under the Labcorp Bonus Plan.Bonuses are payable based on corporate and/or business segment performance and are subject to individual performance modifiers.

Benefits:Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan.Employees who are regularly scheduled toworka 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, pleaseclick here.

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