Medical Director, World Trade Center Program Survivor Data Center

We are seeking a physician-scientist with leadership experience to be the Medical Director of the World Trade Center Program Survivor Data Center at NYC Health+Hospitals, with a faculty appointment at NYU Grossman School of Medicine.  The successful candidate will lead efforts to optimize the data center’s functionality and effectiveness in the research of conditions in community members related to the aftermath of the 9/11/2001 World Trade Center (WTC) disaster.  This individual will develop, guide, and expand research efforts to determine conditions of interest, analytic approaches to understand current or emerging physical and mental health conditions, and oversight of research efforts and regulatory requirements.  In addition, ample opportunities are available for individual projects and analyses, as well as research grant applications to private foundations, CDC-NIOSH or the NIH.  In addition, the individual will provide clinical services at the NYC Health+Hospitals/Bellevue WTC EHC clinic for a small percentage of time.  This position requires working closely with the WTC Program’s Executive and Medical Directors and supervising the Data Center Senior Director and Analytics Team.

Job Responsibilities:

As the Researcher and Medical Director (80%), the successful candidate will:

 ·   Provide research oversight as part of the Research Oversight Committee for internal research projects as well as collaborative submissions from research groups within NYU or from outside institutions

·   Provide oversight of rare disease surveillance, with collaborations from the WTC team and NIOSH

·   Review and utilize available datasets to investigate clinical issues in the program and use material for future grant submissions

·   Contribute to scholarly work, including peer-reviewed publications, grant submissions, and conference presentations (e.g., posters, oral presentations)

·   Collaborate with the New York City Department of Health for WTC studies

·    Oversee IRB and regulatory issues with the Research Coordinator

·    Coordinate with the Data Center Director to provide monthly, quarterly and annual reporting to NIOSH

·    Manage contractual analytic projects including submission for State Cancer Registries, National Death Index

·    Supervise the maintenance of the Pan Cancer Database in coordination with the analytic team

As a clinician (20%), the successful candidate will serve as an outpatient attending in the NYC H+H/Bellevue WTC Outpatient Clinic

WTC Team:

The successful candidate will report to and work closely with the WTC EHC Medical Director and the WTC Survivor Data Center Director.  This position is responsible for oversight of the Data Center Analytic Team including the Analytic Supervisor, the Research Coordinator, and the Pan Cancer Team.

Minimum Qualifications:

·    New York State Medical License

·    Demonstrated experience in clinical, epidemiologic and/or translational research related to patient cohorts

·    Track record of federal and/or foundation funding

·    Track record of published peer-reviewed manuscripts and scholarship

The annual salary range for the role is $220,000 – $260,000. The salary range listed is for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits. Actual salary may not fall within the listed salary range; consideration will be made for experience, training, hospital/community need, and other factors.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.

Acronym Glossary:

WTC = World Trade Center, the catchment area surrounding the former World Trade Center

EHC = Environmental Health Center Program, the clinical services arm of the program, solely for community survivors

SDC = Survivor Data Center, the centralized data repository for survivors’ clinical information

About the Federal World Trade Center Health Program:

The WTC Health program is federally funded and run by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), under the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act.  The WTC Health Program serves those involved in rescue and recover (responders) and community members (survivors) who experienced adverse physical or  mental health effects from their exposure to the toxins and trauma of the terrorist attacks. Survivors are the sole focus of the WTC EHC, which services adults and children who lived, worked or were passing by the disaster area of the WTC towers or a small area of Brooklyn between 9/11/01-7/31/02. Click here to learn more.

About the WTC EHC at NYC Health+Hospitals for Clinical Services:

A Center of Excellence under the federally funded WTC Health Program, NYC H+H’s Environmental Health Center (EHC) provides a wide range of services for survivors.  Comprehensive services for certified patients include routine surveillance, provision of physical and mental health treatment, routine cancer screening, care coordination for cancers or severe illnesses, benefits counseling, and referral to services not available on site.  NYC H+H was the first program to serve survivors in the community.  Initially situated at Bellevue Hospital, it expanded to the Gouverneur Clinic located in the immediately affected area and NYC H+H/Elmhurst Hospital in Queens. Subsequently an additional site in Manhattan (William St), and a program for national members (National Program Network; NPN) was created. The Data Center of the WTC EHC serves as the sole repository for data on survivors obtaining care at all the sites (see below for more information).  Click here to learn more about the EHC.

About the WTC EHC Survivor Data Center (SDC) Repository for Clinical Data:

As part of the WTC EHC, the Survivor Data Center (SDC) oversees data collection, management, reporting, and data analysis. This program has expanded over the years and serves as the sole data center for all the WTC Health Program Survivor Programs (WTC EHC, Williams Street, and National Program Network). The Data Center includes an analytics team of biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and clinicians, as well as a data management team.  Longitudinal data is collected from the initial visit as well as subsequent surveillance or monitoring visits.  Data includes information derived from standardized physical and mental health questionnaires, laboratory data, lung function and clinical records, including those obtained for cancer diagnoses.  The SDC includes data on over 15,000 individuals.

The analytics team or collaborating investigators use this data for analytic or research efforts to understand current or emerging health issues, and often for support of grant applications.  To date, areas of focus have included descriptions of respiratory symptoms and lung function, cancers in the survivor population, mental health impacts, and cognitive studies with over 50 publications.  Data also is used for required standardized reporting to the federal government.  Click here to learn more about the WTC Data Center.

NYU Langone Health is an equal opportunity employer and committed to inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration.