Executive Summary of Position
Under the direction of the Quality Director for the Harvard Ophthalmology Data Science Research group, the Manager will serve in the dual role of Lead Biostatistician and Data Science Team Manager. Duties include supervising the data science analysis team comprised of biostatisticians and programmers as well as prioritizing, assigning, and coordinating projects. This individual will also function as the lead biostatistician and be responsible for cleaning many clinical data sets/databases including the IRIS database, the MGB Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) and the MGB Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), configuring them for analysis, analyzing data, generating data visualizations, and contributing/drafting manuscripts and submitting publications. This individual will collaborate with Ophthalmology faculty members, researchers and Information Systems staff to perform this work.
POSITION SUMMARY:
Under the direction of the Quality Director for the Harvard Ophthalmology Data Science Research group, the Manager will serve in a dual role, reporting to the Quality Director for Ophthalmology. The Manager performs all duties with minimal supervision and must be able to work independently.
This individual will function in a managerial role that includes supervising the data science analysis team comprised of biostatisticians and programmers (approx. 4 staff) as well as prioritizing, assigning, and coordinating projects. The Manager of this group will be responsible for team supervision, work assignment and project delegation, and quality control of all code and all statistical interpretations. The Manager will meet frequently, at least once per week, with the members of this team. The Manager will meet weekly with the Quality Director to update that person of team progress. Of note, all members of the team continue to report directly to the Quality Director.
This individual will also function as the lead biostatistician and data scientist and will be responsible for cleaning many clinical data sets/databases including the IRIS database, the MGB Research Patient Data Registry (RPDR) and the MGB Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), configuring them for analysis, analyzing data, generating data visualizations, and contributing/drafting manuscripts and submitting publications. This individual will collaborate with Ophthalmology faculty members, researchers and Information Systems staff to perform this work.
BACKGROUND: Massachusetts Eye and Ear has been granted access, as part of a national application process, to the IRIS Registry database. This is a national ophthalmology database with approximately 60 million patients and 350 million visits that can be accessed for research purposes. It is the largest subspecialty database in the US. Other databases utilized include the RPDR and EDW, which are internal data repositories used for clinical research purposes on a variety of questions. Team projects will answer diverse questions within ophthalmic sub-specialties, with a focus on clinical outcomes. The Data Science group consists of biostatisticians and programmers and is led by the Quality Director, but supervised closely by the Manager. The role requires extensive interaction with many parties including Information Services, MEE and MGB clinical and research faculty, and external parties such as other academic research centers within the U.S.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
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As Lead Biostatistician and Data Scientist:
Qualifications
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Office/hospital/medical setting.
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HIPAA Privacy Training and Sanctions
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Employees who violate the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule will be subject to discipline, up to and including termination.
This description is intended to indicate essential tasks and levels of work difficulty that will be required of positions that will be given this title. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of supervisors to assign, direct, or control the work of staff members under their supervision. The use of a particular expression or illustration describing duties shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned but that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.
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