CLINICAL RESEARCH COORD (II) - JD00571

McMaster University; Hamilton; On-site; CAD 48,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

McMaster University seeks a Research Coordinator (II) to lead day-to-day implementation and coordination of multiple concurrent clinical research studies in the allergy/immunology field.

The role covers ethics/regulatory documentation, participant screening and retention, study visits, data management, and coordination among investigators and sites. Opportunities exist to contribute to publications, grants, and knowledge translation in a dynamic academic setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a relevant field.
• 5 years of relevant experience.
• Experience coordinating multicentre research, clinical trials, and observational studies is expected.
• Knowledge of ICH-GCP, TCPS 2, and research ethics board requirements.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage data collection, entry, verification, and reporting.
• Oversee databases, data collection forms, and quality assurance procedures.
• Coordinate research visits, recruitment, and longitudinal follow-up with participants and families.
• Prepare sections of scientific papers, grants, and abstracts.

Skills

Clinical research operations

Data management

Communication

Team coordination

Regulatory documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

REDCap

R

SAS

Stata

SPSS

Job description

Education Level Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study

Career Level Requires 5 years of relevant experience

Hourly Rate Grade 9; $34.99/hr - $49.20/hr

Anticipated Start Date September 21, 2026

Vacancy Details This is a new position within the department

Employee Group Short-Term Employee within the Unifor Local 5555 Unit 1 Bargaining Unit

Job Description

Unit/Project Description:

The Evidence in Allergy Group, led by Dr. Derek Chu, is a clinical and health research program based at McMaster University focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and implementation of care for allergic disease, with a major emphasis on food allergy and anaphylaxis. The program brings together clinical allergy and immunology, clinical epidemiology, health research methodology, evidence synthesis, and knowledge translation. Dr. Chu directs the allergy challenge clinic for diagnosis, research and treatment at McMaster University Medical Centre and is a CIHR Chair addressing allergy in human development, child and youth health. The program collaborates across McMaster University, Hamilton Health Sciences, The Research Institute of St. Joe's Hamilton, and national and international research partners.

The Group's research portfolio includes prospective observational studies and registries, investigator-initiated randomized clinical trials, and multicentre collaborative studies in food allergy, alongside systematic reviews, clinical practice guidelines, and knowledge-translation initiatives. Current research includes randomized trials of food-allergy treatment and prevention and observational studies addressing food-allergy diagnosis, prognosis, and reaction thresholds. Examples include the multicentre TITAN prospective registry, which examines food-allergy thresholds and clinical predictors using oral food challenges, and the TRADE randomized clinical trial evaluating approaches to tree-nut immunotherapy. The broader program also includes SHAPE, FACT and other initiatives spanning early-life allergy prevention, food-allergen thresholds, patient-important outcomes, evidence synthesis, and guideline development.

This work is conducted within a highly collaborative academic health sciences environment. McMaster University has been designated a World Allergy Organization Centre of Excellence, and the Evidence in Allergy program works closely with patients and caregivers, trainees, clinicians, research methodologists, scientists, and collaborators to generate evidence that can directly inform clinical care and health policy.

The Research Coordinator (II) will serve as a senior operational member of the research team and will take substantial ownership of the day-to-day implementation and coordination of multiple concurrent clinical research studies. A major focus of the position will be the successful start up-to-close out execution of prospective observational studies and randomized clinical trials in food allergy and anaphylaxis, including ethics/regulatory documentation, participant screening, recruitment and retention, informed consent/assent processes, coordination of study visits and longitudinal follow-up, implementation of study protocols, development and maintenance of study documentation and data-collection systems, data quality assurance, safety and adverse-event documentation, and coordination among investigators, clinical teams, research staff, participants and families, and collaborating sites.

The successful candidate will work in a participant-facing clinical research environment that may involve infants, children, adolescents, adults, parents and caregivers, depending on the study. Research activities may include coordination of studies involving oral food challenges, food-allergy treatment or prevention interventions, questionnaires and patient-reported outcomes, clinical and laboratory data, and longitudinal follow-up.

In addition to clinical study operations, the Research Coordinator (II) will contribute to the Group's broader scientific mission through data management and analysis, preparation of abstracts and manuscripts, literature review and evidence synthesis, development of grant and study materials, presentations and knowledge dissemination, and supervision and training of research staff and learners. The position is well suited to an individual who combines excellent clinical research operations skills and methodological rigour with teamwork, meticulous organization and communication, initiative, and the ability to independently move complex projects forward in a fast-paced academic environment.

Job Summary:

Responsible for applying specialized knowledge to initiate, implement, manage, and coordinate moderate to large clinical research projects.

Job Description:

• Develop an implementation plan for research projects.
• Design promotional strategies and related materials to encourage participation and support for research projects.
• Perform quantitative analyses of research data.
• Interview study patients to gather qualitative and quantitative data.
• Facilitate focus group sessions with project patients.
• Coordinate and manage the collection, delivery, entry, verification, analysis, and reporting of data.
• Oversee the design and maintenance of databases, data collection forms, error checking methods, and related programs for collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Apply specialized knowledge and scientific principles to review, critically appraise and interpret published literature.
• Write sections of scientific papers, funding proposals, grants, and abstracts.
• Coordinate the activities of research staff and resources to ensure that projects progress in accordance with predetermined timelines.
• Develop estimates of time and resources for research projects.
• Use statistical software to analyze data and interpret results.
• Write data management and operations documentation for projects.
• Liaise between the clinic centre and remote clinic sites and personnel.
• Ensure that relevant research methodology is applied and all research material is handled in accordance with established protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Develop presentations and present information and training sessions to project personnel and patients.
• Present at meetings, seminars, and conferences.
• Keep project participants informed of project progress through regular reports and newsletters.
• Implement and maintain research project budgets. Create financial projections and make adjustments to research project budgets throughout the fiscal year.
• Exercise appropriate controls, monitor, and reconcile accounts.
• Conduct literature searches.

Assets:

• Demonstrated success independently coordinating investigator-initiated randomized clinical trials and prospective observational studies involving human participants, with responsibility across study start-up, recruitment, implementation, follow-up, data quality, regulatory documentation, and study deliverables.
• Clinical research experience in food allergy, anaphylaxis, allergy/clinical immunology, or a closely related field, with experience involving oral food challenges, food allergy treatment studies, allergy skin testing, or or other protocol-driven clinical research procedures with potential for acute adverse reactions. Current or previous Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) training and experience working in settings where anaphylaxis or other acute reactions may occur would be an asset.
• Extensive participant-facing clinical research experience, including informed consent/assent, participant recruitment and retention, scheduling and longitudinal follow-up, and coordination of protocol-defined research visits involving children and families.
• Strong working knowledge of WHO Best Practices for Clinical Trials, ICH-GCP (including E6 [R3]), TCPS 2 and research ethics board requirements, with direct experience preparing submissions and amendments, maintaining essential study documentation, documenting protocol deviations and adverse events, and supporting monitoring or audit activities.
• Demonstrated success coordinating multicentre research, including site activation, training, study communications, recruitment tracking, data queries, and maintenance of consistent protocol implementation across sites.
• Advanced REDCap or comparable EDC/database expertise and demonstrated ability to establish rigorous data-management and quality-assurance processes and produce clean, analysis-ready research datasets.
• Strong quantitative data-management and analytical skills, including data cleaning, validation, descriptive and inferential analysis, interpretation of findings, and preparation of publication-quality tables and figures using R, SAS, Stata, SPSS, or comparable statistical software. Experience creating reproducible data-management or analysis workflows would be particularly valuable.
• Demonstrated scientific writing and communication skills, including substantive contributions to manuscripts, abstracts, conference presentations, study protocols, grant applications, reports, and/or other research outputs, together with the ability to critically appraise and synthesize scientific literature.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously with a high degree of independence, proactively identify and resolve operational problems, exercise sound judgment regarding escalation, supervise or train junior research personnel, and consistently deliver high-quality work to timelines.

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The posted hiring range represents McMaster's typical hiring range for this position. Actual starting salary will depend on factors such as relevant experience, qualifications, internal equity, and market conditions.

Individuals with extensive experience, deep specialized expertise, and/or those who can demonstrate exceptional past performance, as applicable, may be hired at a higher rate within the full range, in accordance with the University compensation policies.

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