Diabetes Clinical Research Coordinator (DCRC)

ubc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 85,491,000 - 100,748,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of British Columbia seeks a Diabetes Clinical Research Coordinator (DCRC) to support longitudinal clinical research in the Panagiotopoulos and Devlin labs focusing on childhood diabetes, cardiometabolic complications, and obesity.

Responsibilities include ethics processes, study coordination across Canada/North America, budget tracking, subject recruitment, data collection and entry, and collaboration with hospital staff and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with study Principal Investigators on study start-up activities.
• Assist with drafting study consents, assents and other required study documents.
• Responsible for timely ethics submissions of studies utilizing the RISe database.
• Responsible for the timely RISe submission of amendments, RFAs and study closures.
• Work with identified individuals to obtain departmental sign-off for protocol activities.
• Maintain REB records and binder folders to ensure proper filing.
• Provide feedback on proposed study protocol issues during reviews.
• Liaise with UILO and BCCHR Finance on contract start-up issues.
• Track budgets and process financial transactions using Workday for research expenses.
• Complete and submit regulatory documents to sponsors/CROs/Health Canada as required by Good Clinical Practice.
• Data collection as required (chart review, questionnaires, etc.).
• Process blood samples for biobanking.
• Perform other related tasks as deemed necessary.

Job description

Job Category

Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile

Non Union Hourly - Research Assistant /Technician 3

Job Title

Diabetes Clinical Research Coordinator (DCRC)

Department

Panagiotopoulos Laboratory | Department of Paediatrics | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$29.82 - $35.16 CAD Hourly

Posting End Date

September 25, 2026

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

October 5, 2027

Job End Date

October 5, 2027

This position is subject to the satisfactory completion of required background checks

This position will be filled internally. It is posted for informational purposes only.

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The incumbent Diabetes Clinical Research Coordinator (DCRC) will be responsible for a range of tasks related to longitudinal clinical research in the Panagiotopoulos and Devlin labs whose focus is on childhood diabetes, cardiometabolic complications, and obesity. The DCRC role include ethics applications and ongoing ethics renewals, study coordination (including communication with other centres across Canada/North America, budget tracking and processing financial transactions), subject recruitment and data collection and data entry.

The incumbent is required to conduct all research activities in an ethical manner, suited to the proper activities of the University of British Columbia and to the professional organizations governing the activities of the institution and all other investigators. Any procedures undertaken as part of a trial must be accurate and must accurately reflect the work performed. Strict confidentiality of all study matters must be adhered to. The incumbent's research activities are accountable to the Principal Investigator(s).

Organizational Status

The incumbent will report to and receive direction from the Principal Investigator Dr. Dina Panagiotopoulos as well as her close collaborator and co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Angela Devlin

This position requires working both independently and in cooperation with hospital physicians, residents, nurses, research staff at the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute (BCCHR), and other staff at Children's and Women's Health Centre. The incumbent will collaborate and work with external staff at participating organizations, hospitals and collaborating laboratories located at different sites nationally and internationally. The workspace is located in the Childhood Diabetes Laboratories in BCCHR of Children's and Women's Health Centre of BC Campus.

Work Performed

The position involves clinical research and will include preparation of ethics applications, subject recruitment, data collection and analyses, and data management.

Specific duties include:

• Work closely with study Principal Investigators, on study start-up activities.
• Assist with the drafting of study specific consents, assents and other required study documents.
• Responsible for timely ethics submissions of studies utilizing the UBC Researcher Information Services (RISe) database.
• Responsible for the timely RISe submission of amendments, Requests for Acknowledgement (RFA) and study closures.
• Working closely with the identified individuals to obtain departmental sign-off for associated protocol activities.
• Responsible for maintaining REB records and associated documents to ensure that study investigator binders and Central Binder folders are accurately maintained.
• Provide feedback on proposed study protocol issues at the time of the review.
• With the assistance of the PI, liaise with the University/Industry Liaison Office (UILO) and BCCH Research Institute Finance Manager on contract related start-up issues
• Responsible for budget-tracking and processing financial transactions related to managing research expenses and research accounts using Workday.
• Completion, updating and submission of existing study regulatory documents to sponsors/CROs/Health Canada and other regulatory bodies as required by Good Clinical Practice standards
• Data collections as required (eg. May include chart review, administering questionnaires, performing other clinical research assessments for which adequate training will be provided).
• Processing of blood samples in preparation for biobanking.
• Performing other related tasks and projects as deemed necessary.

Consequence of Error/Judgement

Consequences of error are high and this is a position with significant responsibility. The activities described above impact the direction of Division of Endocrinology research program objectives. Errors could impact upon the reputation of the program as a whole and jeopardize the options for collab