Visiting Graduate Student
About The Position
Radiation therapy requires thoughtful evaluation of multidisciplinary treatment options to predict treatment effectiveness and potential acute and long-term toxicities. Advances in tumor profiling and molecular biomarkers increasingly allow clinical outcomes and treatment-related effects to be evaluated alongside patient- and disease-specific factors. As patterns of care continue to evolve, robust clinical data is essential for assessing current treatment approaches, refining clinical management strategies, developing meaningful quality metrics, and improving the delivery of radiation therapy. The department is developing a comprehensive research database that includes patient demographics and characteristics, baseline health and medical history, tumor characteristics and staging, treatment details, diagnostic and treatment imaging, clinical outcomes, and treatment-related toxicity data. This repository will support future studies examining survival outcomes, toxicities, late effects, treatment combinations, and the effectiveness of radiation therapy planning and delivery techniques. This internship provides an introduction to clinical research in radiation oncology and medical physics. The intern will learn about human-subject protections, HIPAA requirements, research compliance, clinical data management, and the role of informatics in radiation oncology. They will also have opportunities to observe clinical medical physics practices. The intern will support an approved Institutional Review Board research study by collecting and organizing clinical data, refining anonymization and de-identification processes, assisting with data sharing, and contributing to the implementation of an informatics data-management system.
Requirements
- Human-subject protections
- HIPAA requirements
- Research compliance
- Clinical data management
- Informatics in radiation oncology
Nice To Haves
- Opportunities to observe clinical medical physics practices
Responsibilities
- Participate in departmental orientation, onboarding, and clinical tours.
- Collaborate with the project team to establish internship milestones and objectives.
- Expand and refine an existing clinical data repository.
- Collect, review, organize, and maintain detailed research data.
- Support data-quality checks and documentation.
- Refine methods for anonymizing and de-identifying clinical data.
- Assist with preparing approved data sets for sharing with research collaborators.
- Contribute to the implementation and evaluation of an informatics data-management system.
- Support clinical evaluation activities involving the research system and data repository.
- Develop recommendations and a roadmap for future data-collection efforts and research projects.
- Follow all applicable requirements related to HIPAA, human-subject protections, research compliance, and institutional data-security standards.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
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