MOSAAIC Study Staff Scientist

Overview

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.

With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world's leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world's deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.

At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.

We are seeking a Staff Scientist for the MOSAAIC cohort study in the Public Health Sciences Division (PHS). Level and salary are commensurate with experience.

People of Asian, Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander backgrounds have been largely under-represented in NIH-funded prospective epidemiological studies. The National Heart Lung Blood Institute has recently launched a program to begin to fill this gap. The Fred Hutch has been chosen to coordinate this national effort. Multiethnic Observational Study in American Asian and Pacific Islander Communities (MOSAAIC) is a collaboration led by scientists at Fred Hutch, the University of Washington, and the Albert Einstein School of Medicine. The objective of the MOSAAIC is to provide scientific, statistical, and cultural expertise and coordination support to establish a population-based cohort focusing on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders, studying health conditions and disease burden that are unique and common for this population. The NHLBI has named 5 Clinical Centers/Field Centers (CCFCs) to be responsible for participant recruitment and data and biospecimen collection in these diverse populations.

Central to MOSAAIC's success is meaningful community outreach and engagement (COE), ensuring that every touchpoint with participants is not only scientifically rigorous, but also linguistically accessible and culturally resonant. MOSAAIC currently supports six languages: English, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Korean. All participant-facing materials must be available in each of these languages.

The MOSAAIC Staff Scientist for Community Outreach and Engagement (COE) will provide the scientific support for all COE activities within the Coordinating Center (CC), ensuring that MOSAAIC's outreach, recruitment, and participant communication efforts are grounded in cultural humility and community trust.

This role will have the opportunity to work partially at our campus and remotely.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the translation and cultural adaptation of all participant-facing materials, including questionnaires, consent forms, recruitment materials, instructional guides, and promotional content, ensuring that all materials achieve faithful, natural, and culturally appropriate rendering in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, and Korean, working closely with bilingual staff, community health workers, and translation specialists.
• Lead or coordinate the development of multimedia outreach content, including recruitment videos, social media materials, and community presentations, ensuring all content is scientifically accurate, appropriately adapted for each cultural community, and reviewed for cultural competence.
• Oversee quality review processes to ensure all outgoing materials meet MOSAAIC's standards for scientific integrity and cultural appropriateness before dissemination.
• Contribute to IRB submissions related to outreach and engagement activities, including translations and new recruitment materials.
• Support the Coordinating Center in monitoring recruitment and retention metrics across sites and identify engagement-related barriers that may affect participation among specific communities.
• Provide leadership and scientific oversight for clinical assessments, ensuring that CCFC staff accurately collect and submit data through MOSAAIC-developed data systems.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• PhD with 3 years of experience.
• Experience in epidemiology, applied biostatistics or other population science with a quantitative research background.
• Proven track record of successful management of projects.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills, with attention to detail across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to identify problems and troubleshoot solutions with limited direction.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Fluency in one or more Asian or Pacific Islander languages; proficiency in Traditional or Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, or Korean is especially valued.
• Experience with translation and cultural adaptation of research materials into Asian languages, particularly Chinese (Traditional or Simplified), Vietnamese, Tagalog, or Korean, with demonstrated understanding of the distinction between literal translation and culturally appropriate adaptation.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted translation tools and workflows, including experience evaluating, editing, and quality-checking AI-generated translations for accuracy, naturalness, and cultural appropriateness in a research context.
• Experience organizing or participating in expert panel or community panel reviews, such as reviewing translated materials, survey instruments, or outreach content for cultural and linguistic appropriateness.
• Experience with survey design and development, including questionnaire construction, skip logic, response option formatting, and adaptation of validated instruments for use in multilingual or multicultural populations.
• Experience with cognitive assessment research, including familiarity with commonly used neuropsychological instruments, administration procedures, or adaptation of cognitive batteries for use in non-English-speaking populations.
• Experience in community-based participatory research or working directly with AANHPI communities in a research or public health setting.
• Familiarity with IRB processes related to multilingual research materials and culturally diverse study populations.