Honest Broker Translational Pathology Research

• Location Tampa, FL
• Facility Clinic Support Building (CSB)
• Department Pathology Research Svcs
• Schedule - Shift - Hours Full Time - Day Shift - Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm

At Moffitt Cancer Center, we strive to be the leader in understanding the complexity of cancer and applying these insights to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. Our diverse team of over 9,000 are dedicated to serving our patients and creating a workspace where every individual is recognized and appreciated. For this reason, Moffitt has been recognized on the 2023 Forbes list of America’s Best Large Employers and America’s Best Employers for Women, Computerworld magazine’s list of 100 Best Places to Work in Information Technology, Diversity Inc Top Hospitals & Health Systems and continually named one of the Tampa Bay Time’s Top Workplace.

Additionally, Moffitt is proud to have earned the prestigious Magnet designation in recognition of its nursing excellence.

Moffitt is a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center based in Florida, and the leading cancer hospital in both Florida and the Southeast. We are a top 10 nationally ranked cancer center by Newsweek and have been nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report since 1999.
Working at Moffitt is both a career and a mission: to contribute to the prevention and cure of cancer. Join our committed team and help shape the future we envision.

Summary

Position Highlights
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• Translational Pathology Research Honest Broker will serve as a firewall between patient data (including data on associated patient biospecimens) and requestors of patient data, essentially will help a clinical faculty member, a research pathologist of the Department of Pathology, seeking to use the data for conducting clinical research with the de-identified patient information.
• This role focuses on key competencies to ensure adherence to the Institutional Review Board (IRB), Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), and HIPAA standards, guidelines, and policies.
• This spoke-level Honest Broker will be able to meet and discuss business requirements from faculty pathologists and translate these requirements into an executable data query. Database-centric responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, data mining, aggregation, wrangling, and trend analysis; however, the incumbent is also expected to analyze data using basic statistical methods to fulfill the specific requirements of the health research customer.
• The Honest Broker will possess functional knowledge of database query standards, reproducible programming, and essential statistical tools under best practices for working with protected health information under the clinical research environment.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Masters degree in related field and 3-7 years of direct data-mining experience focusing on oncology research, including patient data management.
• Experience using data query/reporting/visualization tools (R Markdown, Shiny, Connect, SQL, Python, SAS) or similar enterprise business intelligence applications (Qlik View, Tableau, Power BI).
• Experience using electronic data capturing/workflow methodology software (REDCap) for designing clinical and translational research databases.
• Git-based version control experience. Use of cloud-based data workflows, particularly AWS or Snowflake.
• Basic to advanced knowledge of statistical and bioinformatic tools to analyze data based on the downstream research requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Spoke-Level Honest Broker (HB hereafter) will execute requests for aggregated, abstracted, limited, and designed PHI-masked datasets from internal and external sources. HB will adhere strictly to policies governing data containing PHI, aligning with federal policy, HIPAA regulations, Institutional Review Board (IRB), and Moffitt Cancer Center internal policies.
• HB will work to determine the scope of regulatory approvals required to authorize access to the type of data requested for the specified research purpose and verify that those approvals have been obtained before providing access to the…