Participates in the planning, development, implementation, testing, analysis, and evaluation of special projects, including but not limited to cancer biology and molecular marker initiatives, administrative and electronic patient data integration efforts, cancer recurrence data collection and analysis projects, pilot studies, data validation activities, and other innovative research or surveillance activities. The Lead Research Analyst serves as the senior technical resource for FCDS cancer registry record linkage activities, including the development, evaluation, implementation, validation, documentation, training, and continuous improvement of probabilistic, deterministic, and hybrid linkage methodologies, software applications, data integration processes, and supporting technical infrastructure.