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BACKGROUND
Foundation Medicine is dedicated to helping bring personalized cancer medicine into routine clinical practice. Harnessing advanced technology, Foundation is developing clinical laboratory tests that will broadly capture the most relevant tumor genomic and other molecular information from routine tumor specimens and connect it with relevant scientific and medical knowledge to help oncologists determine the right treatment for each patient. Foundation Medicine's founding academic advisors are widely recognized leaders in cancer genomics, cancer biology, clinical oncology and information sciences. The company is backed by Third Rock Ventures, and is located in Cambridge, MA.RESPONSIBILITIES
Foundation Medicine is seeking a Head of Medical Informatics to lead the development of its oncology knowledgebase and reporting interface, the goals of which are to report tumor molecular alterations to oncologists within the context of relevant up-to-date clinical knowledge, with related information on treatments and clinical trials. The Head of Molecular Informatics will build and lead a team of clinicians, information scientists and user interface designer, and manage relationships with external partners, consultants and advisers.
Primary Responsibilities:- Developing an oncology knowledge and reporting interface for clinical use
- Building and managing a team of clinicians, information scientists, external consultants
- Working with technology, laboratory, regulatory teams to integrate the knowledgebase into Foundation's clinical test
- Establishing and managing external partnerships with content and technology providers
- Obtaining feedback from thought leaders and beta partners
REQUIREMENTS
- MD with training in oncology preferred
- Non-MD with extensive medical informatics experience will also be considered
- Experience building and managing content systems used by clinicians as part of patient care (e.g. electronic medical records, clinical decision support systems, physician's reference)
- Experience with creation and evaluation of scientific content by external experts (e.g. peer review)
HOW TO APPLY
Please email Sarah Larson (slarson[at]foundationmedicine.com).
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