Data Coordinator Lead

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. These values are grounded in and expressed through the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an anti-racist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, anti-racism and inclusion.

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center has a Data Coordinator Lead position available through the Cancer Prevention Department. Specifically, this position is under the direction of Dr. Katrina Ortblad within the Division of Public Health Sciences at Fred Hutch. Dr. Ortblad’s research aims to improve equity in health access with differentiated models of HIV service delivery in high prevalence settings. Most of her work focuses on designing innovative models for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery with African research colleagues, refining these models using findings from qualitative research and stakeholder engagement, and then testing these models in pilot studies and later hybrid implementation-effectiveness trials. Dr. Ortblad’s research uses diverse methods across the fields of epidemiology, economics, public policy, psychology, and implementation science.

Responsibilities

The position is based in Seattle and part of a larger research team across the U.S. and Kenya. The applicant will work under the direction of the Principal Investigator in close collaboration with Co-Investigators and Biostatisticians. The Data Coordinator Lead’s duties will allow participation along the entire research continuum, from proposal submission to dissemination of results.

• Work closely with the research team to review and edit research protocols with regard to data collection and analysis.
• Help draft data collection, processing, entry, and quality control Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Serve as a liaison and reference resource to Investigators, other staff members, and other organizations with questions about data collection protocols, procedures, and requirements. Assist with troubleshooting data-related issues, as needed.
• Coordinate data oversight/responsibilities with the Kenyan data teams.
• Help program data collection tools into electronic data collection platforms and build in appropriate data validation measures. Refine, test, and edit data entry forms as needed.
• Work with technology provider to ensure electronic data collection platform is meeting the needs of the research team.
• Develop and maintain study database(s).
• Provide initial and ongoing training to Data Coordinators and Research Assistants on data entry, quality control procedures, and building and running data reports, developing study-specific training materials, as needed.
• Oversee the daily work of Data Coordinators and Research Assistants, tracking progress and providing performance feedback as necessary.
• Coordinate and track set-up of appropriate data sharing agreements.
• Prepare data dictionaries.
• Perform routine data quality control to ensure quality and completeness of data collected. Work with Kenyan data teams, as needed, to identify and resolve data errors.
• Monitor adherence to data collection protocols, investigating and reporting any deviation.
• Prepare reports for the Data and Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMB) and work with the DSMBs to review and monitor participant clinical trial data.
• Help clean and prepare datasets for analysis; merging data from multiple sources as needed.
• Analyze quantitative study data using summary metrics a