Job Description

As an Honest Broker for the Clinical Research Data Warehouse (CRDW) at Rutgers University, your primary responsibility is to safeguard the security and privacy of sensitive data while facilitating authorized access for research purposes. This position is responsible for de-identifying data, maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of protected health information (PHI), and serving as an intermediary between researchers and clinical data sources, ensuring that researchers receive de-identified information and samples necessary for their studies.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

 Collaborate with researchers, institutional review boards (IRBs), and data custodians to evaluate data access requests.

 Facilitate the acquisition of necessary permissions and approvals for data access, including ensuring that researchers have completed EPIC training where necessary.

 Utilize appropriate de-identification techniques to ensure that personal or sensitive information remains confidential.

 Remove or transform any identifying elements from data sets to prevent re-identification. De-identify identifiable data, biospecimens, and PHI in accordance with applicable privacy regulations and institutional policies.

 Act as a trusted intermediary to release de-identified data subsets to authorized researchers.

 Maintain a record of data release, ensuring compliance with data use agreements and ethical guidelines.

 Provide re-identification codes as necessary for information collation or subsequent inquiries while retaining the information linking these codes to the patients identity.

 Ensure that direct contact with patients is avoided in compliance with regulations.

 Implement and uphold data security and privacy standards to safeguard sensitive information.

 Regularly review and update data handling protocols to align with the latest regulations and best practices, including EPICrelated compliance.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com .

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Skills and Requirements

- 5+ years of experience within a data scientist or data analyst position

- Data management or healthcare informatics environment working experience

- EPIC Clarity database knowlesge

- Data de-identification experience for HIPPA compliance needs

- Python, R, or other related scripting languages knowledge

- SQL and Oracle querying experience

- Bachelors degree in IT or related field - Healthcare research environment experience

- Masters Degree in related fields

- EPIC Clarity certification null

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.