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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | Job Function Summary: |
| 2 | Job Function Summary: Involves gathering, analyzing, and curating a wide variety of research data, p | ||||
| > | rimarily involving human biofluids and genetics but also other clinical data elements. Participates | ||||
| > | in research by supporting data QC, ingesting data from external collaborators, creating datasets to | ||||
| > | share with researchers, summarizing collected data according, developing data best practices, and fa | ||||
| > | ciliating data related activities (e.g., biospecimens’ inventory, billing). Prepares reports, charts | ||||
| > | , tables, and other visual aids to interpret and communicate data. Generic Scope Professional who ap | ||||
| > | plies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to complete substantive assignments / projects / | ||||
| > | tasks of moderate scope and complexity; exercises judgment within defined guidelines and practices | ||||
| > | to determine appropriate action. Custom Scope The position is with the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Me | ||||
| > | mory and Aging Center (MAC) ( http://memory.ucsf.edu ), a dynamic multidisciplinary clinical researc | ||||
| > | h program investigating neurodegenerative diseases. Under the supervision of the MAC Genetics and Bi | ||||
| > | ospecimen Manager and the Director of Research Technology, the Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager | ||||
| > | will support and manage key aspects of program data workflow aspects of the Genetics and Biospecime | ||||
| > | n program data needs. The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager supports our innovative and impactfu | ||||
| > | l biospecimens program that is critical to our research and translational activities, clinical and o | ||||
| > | bservational trials, and research activities. The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager is responsib | ||||
| > | le for supporting all aspects of data capture, data integration, results management, and reporting f | ||||
| > | or more than 30 related specimen collection protocols involving multiple partners and laboratories. | ||||
| > | Key data management responsibilities of the Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager include discrepanc | ||||
| > | y management, manual data review, data cleaning, data transfers, data merging, generating metrics, r | ||||
| > | eporting. The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will write and maintain programmatic scripts wit | ||||
| > | h attention to accuracy, maintainability and reproducabilitiy in support of their work activities . | ||||
| > | The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will also provide hands-on data management support to fulf | ||||
| > | ill requests for data sets in support of research activities (including data sets sourced externall | ||||
| > | y from the Specimen Meta Data Tool). They will support the Genetics and Biospecimen Program Manager | ||||
| > | in clarifying data validation errors, and improving overall data quality. The Biospecimen and Geneti | ||||
| > | cs Data Manager will also work closely with Genetics and Biospecimen Program Manager in all aspects | ||||
| > | of specimen transfers including querying the data repositories to identify samples, as well as being | ||||
| > | as supporting the preparation and transfer of data and results to the Memory and Aging Center. The | ||||
| > | Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will report to the Genetics and Biospecimen Program Manager fo | ||||
| > | r domain specific work, and the Director of Research Technology for data related work on an interim | ||||
| > | basis. This co-supervision structure is temporary and will transition to a dedicated data supervisor | ||||
| > | once that role is filled. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | Involves gathering, analyzing, and curating a wide variety of research data, primarily involving hu |
| > | man biofluids and genetics but also other clinical data elements. Participates in research by suppor | ||||
| > | ting data QC, ingesting data from external collaborators, creating datasets to share with researcher | ||||
| > | s, summarizing collected data according, developing data best practices, and faciliating data relate | ||||
| > | d activities (e.g., biospecimens’ inventory, billing). Prepares reports, charts, tables, and other v | ||||
| > | isual aids to interpret and communicate data. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in related area and minimum one year of experience or eq | 4 | |||
| > | uivalent experience / training - Working knowledge of research function - Working skills in systems | ||||
| > | programming, scripting and statistical software packages - Working skills in analysis and consultati | ||||
| > | on - Skills to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner both verbally and in wr | ||||
| > | iting - Proven track record of success managing and maintaining accurate data in a complex data envi | ||||
| > | ronment - Demonstrated proficiency in statistical analysis, data transformation and linking, data sy | ||||
| > | stems programming, and/or data schema design and documentation - Knowledge of Freezerworks LIMS or s | ||||
| > | imilar systems - Ability to communicate complex information in a clear and concise manner both verba | ||||
| > | lly and in writing. Clear, concise communication style with easy going attitude - Ability to multita | ||||
| > | sk and be organized and work quickly in a dynamic environment with competing priorities - Prior expe | ||||
| > | rience working in a research environment, preferably in a wet-lab or closely with a wet-lab - Excell | ||||
| > | ent Excel and MS Office skills - Proficiency in a programming language (python, R, etc.) - Experienc | ||||
| > | e with source control management (e.g. git) and best practices for scripting Preferred Qualification | ||||
| > | s - Minimum of 3 years of research or clinical data management experience - Knowledge of HIPAA and b | ||||
| > | est practices for securing protected health information - Experience working with relational databas | ||||
| > | es or software tools to design queries and reports - Basic understanding of genetics and proteomics | ||||
| 5 | Generic Scope | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| 7 | Professional who applies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to complete substantive assi | ||||
| > | gnments / projects / tasks of moderate scope and complexity; exercises judgment within defined guide | ||||
| > | lines and practices to determine appropriate action. | ||||
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| 9 | Custom Scope | ||||
| 10 | |||||
| 11 | The position is with the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (MAC) (http://memory.uc | ||||
| > | sf.edu), a dynamic multidisciplinary clinical research program investigating neurodegenerative disea | ||||
| > | ses. Under the supervision of the MAC Genetics and Biospecimen Manager and the Director of Research | ||||
| > | Technology, the Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will support and manage key aspects of program | ||||
| > | data workflow aspects of the Genetics and Biospecimen program data needs. The Biospecimen and Genet | ||||
| > | ics Data Manager supports our innovative and impactful biospecimens program that is critical to our | ||||
| > | research and translational activities, clinical and observational trials, and research activities. T | ||||
| > | he Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager is responsible for supporting all aspects of data capture, | ||||
| > | data integration, results management, and reporting for more than 30 related specimen collection pro | ||||
| > | tocols involving multiple partners and laboratories. | ||||
| 12 | |||||
| 13 | Key data management responsibilities of the Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager include discrepan | ||||
| > | cy management, manual data review, data cleaning, data transfers, data merging, generating metrics, | ||||
| > | reporting. The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will write and maintain programmatic scripts wi | ||||
| > | th attention to accuracy, maintainability and reproducabilitiy in support of their work activities. | ||||
| > | The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will also provide hands-on data management support to fulf | ||||
| > | ill requests for data sets in support of research activities (including data sets sourced externally | ||||
| > | from the Specimen Meta Data Tool). They will support the Genetics and Biospecimen Program Manager i | ||||
| > | n clarifying data validation errors, and improving overall data quality. | ||||
| 14 | |||||
| 15 | The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will also work closely with Genetics and Biospecimen Prog | ||||
| > | ram Manager in all aspects of specimen transfers including querying the data repositories to identif | ||||
| > | y samples, as well as being as supporting the preparation and transfer of data and results to the Me | ||||
| > | mory and Aging Center. | ||||
| 16 | |||||
| 17 | The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will report to the Genetics and Biospecimen Program Manag | ||||
| > | er for domain specific work, and the Director of Research Technology for data related work on an int | ||||
| > | erim basis. This co-supervision structure is temporary and will transition to a dedicated data super | ||||
| > | visor once that role is filled. | ||||