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<div>Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:16:02 -0500<br>
Subject: Re: HPCGG and Personalized Medicine</div>
<div>From: Terry Tsai <tctsai@PARTNERS.ORG> Opportunity: HPCGG
Analyst<br>
<br>
The Harvard Medical School / Partners Healthcare Center for Genetics
and<br>
Genomics ( <a href="http://www.hpcgg.org"><font
color="#0000FF"><u>http://www.hpcgg.org</u></font></a> ) was created
in 2001 by the Harvard Medical<br>
School and Partners Healthcare to promote genetics, genomics, and
proteomics<br>
in research and clinical medicine. The Center strives to
further<br>
personalized medicine by integrating the various lab technologies
-<br>
proteomics, expression profiling, genotyping, sequencing, and
clinical<br>
molecular diagnostics - with information technology. The
HPCGG-IT Team<br>
develops, maintains, and enhances LIMS (laboratory information
management<br>
systems) software in the scientific laboratory environment as well as
the<br>
enterprise infrastructure required to link laboratories together
and<br>
facilitate the transition of breakthroughs "from the bench to the
bedside."<br>
<br>
There is an opportunity for the internship candidate to assist in
the<br>
collaborative work done by the HPCGG IT team and laboratory staff.
A<br>
candidate that is knowledgeable in biology (specifically genetics
/<br>
genomics) and wetlab skills will serve as a liaison between the
two<br>
disciplines and thereby assist in the furthering of personalized
medicine.<br>
Assignments / Projects are determined on an individual basis, taking
into<br>
account the work being done by the IT team during the months of
the<br>
internship as well as a candidate's specific skills, background,
and<br>
motivations. Some of our past interns, with their biology or
biochem<br>
backgrounds, have played significant roles in helping the lab staff
or<br>
geneticists / genetic counselors better utilize IT in their
operations.<br>
Others have been more involved in the design, coding, testing, and<br>
deployment of software systems that contribute to the Center's
enterprise<br>
architecture. Past projects have included assisting in the design of
a<br>
clinical case management system, supporting geneticists in their
variant<br>
reporting workflow for clinical tests, investigating new lab
testing<br>
platforms being introduced and their implications to the lab
workflow,<br>
owning and updating the Center's website, and development of
software tools<br>
and the analysis of laboratory workflows applicable to the various<br>
instruments used in the Center.<br>
<br>
Our approach is to look for candidates that exhibit (or have the
potential<br>
for) certain characteristics that will enable them to operate in
this<br>
rapidly-changing, emerging field. Lack of experience in one area
or<br>
requirement can be viewed as a learning opportunity or be compensated
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<div>other strengths. We are a small team working on multiple
tracks of work<br>
both independently as well as together. We value the
candidate's<br>
initiative, motivations, creativity, and attention to detail. We
also value<br>
the ability to drive clarity out of ambiguity and recognize that
people can<br>
do that in many ways, from different experiences and background.<br>
<br>
Helpful Abilities (in no particular order and not to be viewed as a
total<br>
checklist for candidates - it covers the breadth of possible
abilities that<br>
past interns have utilized)<br>
<br>
1. Working understanding of biology (genetics / genomics) and
accompanying<br>
wetlab processes<br>
2. Construction / Deconstruction of business processes<br>
3. Working with end users to for requirements gathering, change
management,<br>
issues identification<br>
4. Mapping manual / paper processes to software applications<br>
5. Software application design and development (coding and
testing)<br>
6. Training of lab users in changes to workflow or application
systems, with<br>
the accompanying ability to create documentation or help guides<br>
7. Experience in working with people<br>
8. Interest in pursuing a career in genetics / genomics, software<br>
development, or research computing<br>
9. Software testing and defect tracking<br>
10. Comfortable with computers and Internet applications<br>
11. Trouble-shooting / problem solving</div>
<div>12. Ownership and self-motivation<br>
<br>
Specifics about internships hours, duration, etc can be made on an<br>
individual basis. Please contact Terry Tsai (6-1, '93) at
617.840.0260,<br>
<font color="#0000FF"><u>tctsai@partners.org</u></font>, or<font
color="#0000FF"><u> ttsai@alum.mit.edu</u></font>.</div>
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