Massachusetts General Hospital - Boston, MA
posted 2 months ago
Full-time - Mid Level
Boston, MA
Hospitals
About the position
The Lead Programmer at the MGH Center for Addiction Medicine is an interdisciplinary role that requires strong software engineering skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision. This position is responsible for fulfilling the computational and data integrity needs of the center, leading the programming team, and ensuring compliance with modern information security standards and human subjects research regulations. The role involves collaboration with a diverse team of scientists and support staff to contribute to cutting-edge clinical research on addiction and substance use behaviors.
Responsibilities
- Manage REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) databases, ensuring data collection integrity and compliance.
- Oversee integration of front-end data collection with back-end data processing and analysis.
- Prepare ad hoc reports, figures, tables, and reviews on various topics for several different projects.
- Collaborate with biostatisticians to prepare large datasets for analysis.
- Serve as technical support to research staff.
- Offer technical input regarding the improvement of ongoing studies and design of new studies.
- Assist with data analysis and preparation of research data for presentations and written publications.
- Maintain documentation for the Institutional Review Board and perform or delegate related administrative tasks.
- Review and uphold Data Management and Sharing plans in accordance with NIH policy.
- Develop applications to expedite and fortify the integrity of common research-related data processing tasks.
- Monitor inventories, purchase new supplies as needed, and maintain computer systems.
- Develop and maintain data management and programming knowledgebase.
- Train and supervise other programmers at the Center for Addiction Medicine on best practices in data management.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of related experience, supervisory experience required.
- Experience in clinical research, preferably addiction/mental health.
- Strong computer and programming skills with scripting language experience (e.g. R, Python, MATLAB) are required, R preferred.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's or doctoral degree in biostatistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, bioinformatics, data science, or related science preferred.
- Knowledge of a wide variety of software tools for data collection and analysis such as shell scripting, git/GitHub/GitLab, PsychoPy, FSL, FreeSurfer, and HTML/CSS/web design is preferred.
Benefits
- Equal Opportunity Employer
- Encouragement of applications from protected veterans and individuals with disabilities
