BIOINFORMATICIAN I

This position is grant funded

School of Medicine

Established in 1930, Duke University School of Medicine is the youngest of the nation's top medical schools. Ranked sixth among medical schools in the nation, the School takes pride in being an inclusive community of outstanding learners, investigators, clinicians, and staff where interdisciplinary collaboration is embraced and great ideas accelerate translation of fundamental scientific discoveries to improve human health locally and around the globe. Composed of more than 2,600 faculty physicians and researchers, nearly 2,000 students, and more than 6,200 staff, the Duke University School of Medicine along with the Duke University School of Nursing, and Duke University Health System comprise Duke Health, a world-class academic medical center. The Health System encompasses Duke University Hospital, Duke Regional Hospital, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Duke Health Integrated Practice, Duke Primary Care, Duke Home Care and Hospice, Duke Health and Wellness, and multiple affiliations.

Job Title: BIOINFORMATICIAN I/Evaluation Lead (CTSI)

Occupational Summary

The Duke Health AI Evaluation and Governance (E&G) program focuses on ensuring the safe, effective, and ethical use of AI in clinical decision-making at Duke and beyond. Duke Health AI E&G initiatives and projects enable the responsible and trustworthy selection, development, deployment, and use of AI, while raising awareness within the community. Our team includes diverse experts—researchers, physicians, data scientists, and ethicists—from Duke and partner institutions. Together, we develop robust evaluation methods and frameworks tailored for health AI algorithms and their governance.

Algorithm-Based Clinical Decision Support (ABCDS) Oversight is a flagship program of E&G. We manage a registry of all algorithmic technologies used in patient care and clinical operations and perform risk-based evaluations to foster safe, equitable, innovative, and high-quality patient care. Our “people-process-technology” framework introduces evaluation checkpoints throughout the development lifecycle and after deployment to ensure that transparency, quality, and ownership are maintained for all algorithmic solutions. ABCDS Oversight is a collaborative effort between the Duke University School of Medicine and the Duke University Health System (DUHS) and is a key quality initiative.

We are seeking an Evaluation Lead to serve as the primary liaison to teams of researchers, clinicians, and scientists undergoing ABCDS Oversight governance activities. The Evaluation Lead facilitates processes for registration, risk assessment, and evaluation by providing training and education, synthesizing feedback, communicating outcomes, and surfacing questions to our leadership team as needed. The Evaluation Lead is an integral part of ABCDS Oversight’s operations team and responsible for implementing ABCDS Oversight’s mission. This role will serve as an evaluation and quality subject-matter expert for E&G strategic initiatives, as well as support the evolution and extension of the ABCDS Oversight framework.

Work Performed

Evaluation Processes for Algorithm-Based Clinical Decision Support (50%)

• Serves as primary liaison with the researchers and project teams that are undergoing ABCDS Oversight process, leading the registration, risk assessment and review of ABCDS tools in different phases of development, that require varying levels of quality assurance involvement.
• Responsible for day-to-day program operations and activities of the ABCDS Oversight program liaising between a matrix structure of oversight individuals from across different reporting lines across the Duke University School of Medicine (SOM) and Duke University Health System (DUHS)
• Drafts templates, creates tools and provides guidance to the operations and portfolio management team to reflect framework improvement needs.
• Chaperones ABCDS software through registration, risk assessment and review, capturing learnings, and driving operational efficiency of the process. Mentors others in this area.
• Authors outcome letters and related evaluation reports. Follows good documentation practices for all review activities and take minutes for all review-related activities.
• Conducts inspections/reviews under the supervision and generate reports.
• Assists in managing quality-related matters during inspections/reviews and review product records for release and providing guidance.
• Collaborates with end users about deviations, issues, and unexpected events that may arise. 
• Provides support and review of change control as it relates to development, modification, and workflow changes.
• Educates project teams on quality standards, perform investigations, as needed, as well as root cause analyses.
• Provides insights and communicates learnings and issues to continuously improve people-process-technology framework
• Handles multiple assignments and deadlines, and coordinates all the components for the ABCDS software review.

ABCDS Analysis & Portfolio Management (35%)

• Develops, refines, and maintains data repositories for metrics used to evaluate performance, effectiveness and track progress of the ABCDS Oversight program and related initiatives.
• Leads deployments of complex evaluation and tracking system solutions and tools.
• Manages ABCDS portfolio and keeps information up-to-date
• Proactively reports issues, challenges, and potential solutions to leadership.
• Performs analysis and reporting, tracks and trends ABCDS Oversight metrics and identifies areas of concern.
• Collects and analyzes learnings and suggests recommendations on mitigation approaches.

Support the Mission of AI Evaluation & Governance (15%)

• Provides intellectual contribution to Evaluation & Governance strategic initiatives and the ABCDS Oversight program, including developing the scientific content of research proposals and manuscripts.
• Contributes to and/or develops case studies examining evidence of, and process toward, impact of program and related initiatives.
• Educates internal and external audiences on research program.
• Recommend new business opportunities, new systems and processes, and improvements in operations. Implement operational improvements approved by senior management.

Perform any other related duties incidental to the work described herein.

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

Anticipated Pay Range:

Duke University provides an annual base salary range for this positions USD $ 78,969.00 to USD $127,569.00. Duke University considers factors such as ( but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position; candidate 's work experience, education/training, and key skills; internal peer equity; as well as market and organizational considerations when extending a n offer.

Your total compensation goes beyond the dollars on your paycheck. Duke provides comprehensive and competitive medical and dental care programs, generous retirement benefits, and a wide array of fam ily-friendly and cultural programs to eligible team members. Learn more at:https://hr.duke.edu/benefits/

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essential job functions that require specific physical and /or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests f or reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Education/Training:

Work requires a B.S. in bioinformatics, biostatistics, or other quantitative discipline; Master’s degree preferred.

Experience

OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE  

Skills

• Communicates effectively with others, regardless of reporting relationship, to accomplish shared work objectives.
• Can liaise internally and externally between stakeholders in multiple disciplines and organizations.
• Works independently with minimal oversight by management.
• Uses effective communication strategies and can work collaboratively with project teams developing and implementing ABCDS models and software.
• Can easily use advanced computing software and web-based applications.

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Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.