Position Summary

The Department of Biomedical Informatics at Columbia University is seeking a Clinical Research Project Manager for a NCI-funded informatics-driven breast cancer prevention project in Drs. Rita Kukafka and Katherine Crew’s research group. The incumbent will report directly to the Principal Investigators and work in collaboration with members of the research team.

The primary scope of the work is a proposal funded by the National Cancer Institute. In this project, we have been investigating where and why, on the patient's journey from understanding their risk to discussing risk-reducing medications with their provider, there is a divergence resulting in lower uptake of breast cancer chemoprevention relative to the use of statins for cardiovascular. Using iterative equity-focused human-centered design, we conducted qualitative research on differences in the decision-making process (preventive regimens for breast cancer vs. cardiovascular disease). We p...