Research Manager

About The Department

The Section of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology provides care for pediatric, adolescent, and young adult patients with cancer and other hematologic diseases, requiring the specialty knowledge and skills of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation. In addition to patient care, clinical and translational research, including laboratory-based wet lab and dry lab studies, are conducted by faculty members in the section.

Job Summary

The University of Chicago’s Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplantation in the Biological Sciences Division seeks a full-time Research Manager to support and advance an interdisciplinary research program focused on life-course epidemiology, environmental and structural determinants of health, cancer and reproductive outcomes. The incumbent’s primary activity will be academic research conducted in close collaboration with the Murphy Lab. The Research Manager will play a central role in analytic leadership, project coordination, and scientific development across multiple funded studies, including NIH-funded studies involving complex epidemiologic, clinical, and registry-linked data.

Responsibilities

• Support integration of data across sources, e.g., registries, biospecimens, and administrative data.
• Support interpretation and visualization of results for manuscripts, presentations, and grant applications.
• Career development of programs for scientific research facilities.
• Manage project timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Identify and troubleshoot analytic or operational challenges as they arise.
• Lead and oversee data governance activities, including preparation and management of Data Use Agreements (DUAs), Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs), and data sharing agreements.
• Coordinate with institutional offices, collaborators, and legal/compliance teams to ensure appropriate data access and use.
• Contribute substantively to grant applications, including methods, analytic plans, and preliminary data.
• Aid in the preparation of progress reports (e.g., RPPRs) and other sponsor-required documentation.
• Coordinate manuscript development across project teams, including drafting support, co-author coordination, and management of revisions.
• Develop systems and workflows that support efficient coordination across projects within the research portfolio.
• Provide expertise to researchers on compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates.
• Provide expertise to researchers and research support staff.
• Oversee activities related to data collection and analysis.
• Perform other related work as needed.

Education

• Minimum Qualifications: College or university degree in related field.
• Work Experience: 7+ years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Masters of Public Health or equivalent master’s degree in epidemiology, biostatistics, public health, environmental health sciences, data science, or a related field.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in a research-intensive environment. Experience working with complex, large-scale, or linked datasets. Experience with NIH-funded research and multi-project grants. Proficiency in statistical programming languages (e.g., R, SAS, Python).
• Experience: Managing data governance and regulatory requirements.

Application Documents

Resume (required)