| n | Job Function Summary: | n | Involves gathering, analyzing, and curating a wide variety of research data, primarily involving hum |
| | | an biofluids and genetics but also other clinical data elements. Participates in research by support |
| | | ing data QC, ingesting data from external collaborators, creating datasets to share with researchers |
| | | , summarizing collected data according, developing data best practices, and faciliating data related |
| | | activities (e.g., biospecimens’ inventory, billing). Prepares reports, charts, tables, and other vi |
| | | sual aids to interpret and communicate data. |
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| n | Involves gathering, analyzing, and curating a wide variety of research data, primarily involving hu | n | The position is with the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (MAC) (http://memory.uc |
| man biofluids and genetics but also other clinical data elements. Participates in research by suppor | | sf.edu), a dynamic multidisciplinary clinical research program investigating neurodegenerative disea |
| ting data QC, ingesting data from external collaborators, creating datasets to share with researcher | | ses. Reporting to the Director of Research Technology, the Specimen Data Manager is responsible for |
| s, summarizing collected data according, developing data best practices, and faciliating data relate | | data management activities supporting the Biospecimen Program and its operational work. |
| d activities (e.g., biospecimens’ inventory, billing). Prepares reports, charts, tables, and other v | | |
| isual aids to interpret and communicate data. | | |
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| n | Generic Scope | n | The Specimen Data Manager manages data workflows supporting several large studies that collect huma |
| | | n fluid (e.g., blood, spinal fluid) specimens. Responsibilities include fluid derived data managemen |
| | | t, including QC, data wrangling, generation of metrics, and reporting for data ingestion and dataset |
| | | generation. The Specimen Data Manager will also develop, write, and maintain programmatic scripts w |
| | | ith attention to accuracy, reproducibility, documentation, and maintainability. |
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| n | Professional who applies acquired job skills, policies, and procedures to complete substantive assi | n | The Specimen Data Manager is responsible for fulfilling data requests in support of research activi |
| gnments / projects / tasks of moderate scope and complexity; exercises judgment within defined guide | | ties, including identifying, preparing, integrating, validating, and delivering datasets from intern |
| lines and practices to determine appropriate action. | | al and external data sources. The position will investigate data validation errors, discrepancies, a |
| | | nd data quality issues; identify items requiring resolution; and escalate decisions or issues requir |
| | | ing direction to the Director of Research Technology. |
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| n | Custom Scope | n | For specimen transfers, the Specimen Data Manager will support associated data activities, includin |
| | | g querying data repositories to identify samples, reconciling and validating specimen data, preparin |
| | | g datasets and supporting documentation, and coordinating the transfer and integration of data and r |
| | | esults into Memory and Aging Center systems. Questions or decisions requiring programmatic or techni |
| | | cal direction will be brought to the Director of Research Technology. |
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| n | The position is with the UCSF Edward and Pearl Fein Memory and Aging Center (MAC) (http://memory.uc | n | The Specimen Data Manager collaborates with Biospecimen Core leadership and other program stakehold |
| sf.edu), a dynamic multidisciplinary clinical research program investigating neurodegenerative disea | | ers on domain-specific requirements and operational context to ensure data activities effectively su |
| ses. Under the supervision of the MAC Genetics and Biospecimen Manager and the Director of Research | | pport specimen operations and program needs. |
| 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. | | |
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| t | Key data management responsibilities of the Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager include discrepan | t | In addition to Biospecimen Program responsibilities, the Specimen Data Manager serves a cross-funct |
| cy management, manual data review, data cleaning, data transfers, data merging, generating metrics, | | ional role within the broader Data Core group. The position will contribute data management and tech |
| reporting. The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will write and maintain programmatic scripts wi | | nical support to other Data Core initiatives and needs as assigned, working across programs and proj |
| th attention to accuracy, maintainability and reproducabilitiy in support of their work activities. | | ects to support data preparation, quality assurance, integration, reporting, and related data activi |
| The Biospecimen and Genetics Data Manager will also provide hands-on data management support to fulf | | ties. |
| 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. | | |
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| 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. | | |
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| 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. | | |