Type: Contract
Duration: 4 months
Location: Providence, RI

This position can work onsite or remote.  Workload is 7-10 hours per week with a flexible schedule.  Master of Public Health (MPH) or higher. At least 5 years of experience in population-based cancer registry data management and reporting, data-driven quantitative analytic skills, competent with SAS and PowerPI.

The primary purpose of Rhode Island Cancer Registry (RICR), statewide population-based cancer registry, is to collect complete, timely, and high-quality data for use in surveillance, decision-making, cancer control, research, and policy development.

Under the collaborative agreement with the CDC National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), use of cancer registry data to produce reports on cancer incidence, mortality and prevalence, and support public health and cancer control programs are required.  To better meet increasing demands of local-specific cancer incidence reports, RICR needs to develop a small-area based data analysis and reporting.  RICR has an opportunity to use a data viz software (e.g. PowerBI) and create interactive spatial map products that can be integrated with the existing RIDOH cancer data page.

The RICR will hire a consultant who will be responsible for geocoding project to improve the RICR's geocoding process, ensure complete, quality, and systemic geocoding output, and create small area-based (subcounty) cancer incidence reporting.

Position description:

To be responsible for geocoding project and provide quality geocoding output to RICR:

  • Review all available statewide cancer incidence file with geocoding variables
  • Run geocoding instrument, and review and correct geocoding output.
  • Create and run SAS macro programs and create SAS output: subcounty level incidence by direct and indirect measurements.
  • Map subcounty level incidence, using PowerBI (preferred) data visualization tool
  • Evaluate and write a summary report: any patterns that can be detected on the cancer incidence by geographic unit, cancer type, and diagnosis year
  • Write a process reports to suggest effective geocoding process

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