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The Channing Division of Network Medicine is a research division within the Department of Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH). Within Channing, the Chronic Disease Epidemiology unit includes several of the largest, most intensively studied, longitudinal cohorts in the world, including the Nurses’ Health Study, Nurses' Health Study II and the Growing Up Today Study. Epidemiology of a broad range of complex chronic diseases is studied in these cohorts, using a variety of traditional and novel approaches.

We are currently recruiting for a part time, entry-level employee who will work in the data collection and processing area. No previous experience is required. This employee will interact directly with Research Associates responsible for data collection and will report directly to the Project Manager. This employee will participate in all activities pertaining to NHS cohort questionnaire processing. The expectations are that the employee will be capable of working closely within small, specialized teams. This individual must be meticulous, detail-oriented, and well organized. This individual must also be capable of strictly adhering to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).

Specifically, the job tasks for the Research Data Coder position include:

• May perform other functions as needed to prepare mailings for specific sub-sets of the study cohort, including but not limited to, transporting bins of questionnaires to storage or scanning facilities, operating optical scanning equipment and barcode readers, light typing, data entry, and xeroxing.
• Review returned questionnaires for completeness, evaluating subject’s write-in responses and entering corresponding numeric codes onto forms. Copy damaged forms onto new forms. Separate coded surveys and file them into folders for transport to the optical scanner.
• Assist staff in maintaining active participation in the study by working to locate study members who have become lost.
• Sort, count, and open mail received for the study, including completed questionnaires from study subjects, personal notes and queries from subjects, documents pertaining to morbidity follow-up, notifications of name and address changes from post offices. Coders process and file these documents after appropriate work has been completed on them.

Reliable with good attention to detail

BWH is an Affirmative Action Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.