Administrative Summer Intern - Informatics & Analytics at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts

Job Description:

Job ID:21953

Location:450 Brookline Ave,

Boston,
MA 02215


Category:IT/Informatics

Employment Type:Full time

Overview

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI), a world-renowned Comprehensive Cancer Center located in the heart of Boston's medical area, is seeking applicants for its 2021 Summer Administrative Internship Program. The goal of this internship is to provide high potential individuals, who demonstrate a unique contribution and commitment to diversity, with the opportunity to further develop their leadership style and analytical skills by working on major initiatives impacting the Institute.

The Administrative Internship Program is part of the Institute's commitment to Inclusion, Diversity and Equity. We are committed to attracting unique talent to leadership roles, promoting the diversity of our workforce and to fostering an equitable and inclusive environment. DFCI will be offering several ten-week paid internship opportunities for qualified graduate students and rising undergraduate seniors. Applicants can only apply to one position.We strongly encourage applicants from the local Boston community to apply.

The Informatics and Analytics Intern have the option to support one of the following projects below. Please indicate project preference in the letter of interest.

Project A - Outcomes Analysis Support: Intern will provide support with exploratory outcomes analysis based on patient reported Symptomatic Adverse Events, Social Determinants of Health needs, and other patient reported outcomes measurements. Focus will include enriching outcomes analysis with demographic/socioeconomic/social-determinant factors to determine how the impact of patient reporting on outcomes (ED/hospitalization/care interruptions) varies for BIPOC, low-SES, and patients with reported SDoH need. Intern involvement will be dependent on their analytics skills and background; may range from brainstorming and helping to define scope to application of analytical tools and skills to explore outcomes.

Project B - Questionnaire Burden and Gap Assessment: Intern will assist in reviewing the deployed and planned portfolio of Patient Reported Data questionnaires in order to identify the total questionnaire burden (i.e. total number of questions and/or questionnaires) patients are asked to respond to based on the assignment criteria and assignment overlaps at various points of care. This review will also be used to identify redundancies in content to inform potential de-implementation of redundant questions/questionnaires, as well as to identify potential gaps in data not being collected from certain populations to ensure there is equitable assessment of all patients when appropriate. This work may involve some quantitative analysis of questionnaire burden, as well as qualitative analysis of perceived burden/redundancy and gaps. Intern may also assist in developing Standard Operating Procedures to be used when developing future tools to help assess potential burden/redundancy and gaps.

Interested applicants should apply by February 21, 2021 with a statement of interest and a resume as one document.

Interviews will be conducted between March 15 - 26, 2021. Offer letters will be extended by April 1, 2021.

Compensation for this position will be $15/hour for rising undergraduate seniors and $20/hour for graduate students.

Requirements

• Intern 40 hours/week for 10 weeks from June 1 - August 6, 2021


• Contribute to high visibility projects and major initiatives, ranging from detailed implementation to strategic planning activities


• Partner with an Executive Sponsor and work directly with senior leadership teams


• Participate in programming focused on understanding Unconscious Bias, leadership development and networking


• Present an overview to senior leaders to highlight project accomplishments

Qualifications

• Informatics and/or digital health interest


• Experience with Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams)


• Candidate should be ready and eager to quickly learn a new environment, new tools and system designs


• Self-starter and ability to work independently


• Ability to work and collaborate with a team


• Strong communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills


• Exceptional organizational skills, with the demonstrated ability to drive multiple concurrent projects to completion in a complex, deadline-driven environment


• Ability to think creatively and problem solve

Preferred Qualifications/Skills

• Experience working with analytics tools (Excel, Tableau, other business analytics tools)


• Experience developing standard operating procedures


• Experience with customer service


• Experience with project management


• Education:Project A - Mathematics, engineering, or similar fields

Project B - Health sciences, human services/social work, or similar fields

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Job ID:21953

Location:450 Brookline Ave,

Boston,
MA 02215


Category:IT/Informatics

Employment Type:Full time

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