Technician 3 - Nutritional Assessment

ubc; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 41,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

The University of British Columbia is seeking a Technician 3 – Nutritional Assessment to support longitudinal clinical research focused on childhood diabetes, cardiometabolic risk, and obesity in the Panagiotopoulos and Devlin labs. The role leads dietary intake data collection and analysis, ethics renewals, and cross-centre coordination across Canada/North America.

The incumbent will conduct data entry and management using ASA24 and ESHA software, ensuring ethical and regulatory compliance, and

Qualifications

• Collect dietary intake data and supplement use during clinical visits with participants
• Instruct participants on reporting portion sizes
• Responsible for study follow-up activities
• Responsible for data management using ASA24 and ESHA software
• Analyze dietary date and estimate nutrient intakes using ASA24 and ESHA software
• 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
• Assist Research Associate with the timely RISe submission of amendments as it pertains to collection of dietary data
• 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
• 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 (e.g. May include chart review, administering questionnaires, performing other clinical research assessments for which adequate training will be provided)
• Performing other related tasks and projects as deemed necessary.

Responsibilities

• Collect dietary intake data and supplement use during clinical visits with participants
• Instruct participants on reporting portion sizes
• Responsible for study follow-up activities
• Responsible for data management using ASA24 and ESHA software
• Analyze dietary data and estimate nutrient intakes using ASA24 and ESHA software
• 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
• Assist Research Associate with RISe submissions of amendments as it pertains to dietary data collection
• Maintain REB records and related documents to ensure investigator binders are accurate
• Provide feedback on proposed study protocol issues at review meetings
• Submit existing study regulatory documents to sponsors/CROs/Health Canada as required by GCP standards
• Data collection tasks as required (e.g., chart review, questionnaires, other assessments)
• Perform other related tasks as deemed necessary.

Job description

Staff - Non Union

Job Category

Non Union Technicians and Research Assistants

Job Profile

Non Union Hourly - Research Assistant /Technician 3

Job Title

Technician 3 - Nutritional Assessment

Department

Panagiotopoulos Laboratory | Department of Paediatrics | Faculty of Medicine

Compensation Range

$29.82 - $35.16 CAD Hourly

Posting End Date

September 1, 2026Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the Posting End Date.

Job End Date

July 31, 2027

Background Checks

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

About UBC

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 Nutritional Assessment Research Assistant 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 Nutritional Assessment Research Assistant role includes leading dietary intake data collection and analysis, ongoing ethics renewals, study coordination (including communication with other centres across Canada/North America), and data entry and collection.

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. Angela Devlin, as well as her close collaborator and co-Principal Investigator, Dr. Dina Panagiotopoulos.

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 guiding participants through reporting dietary intake as part of clinical research and will include data collection, management and analysis, subject follow-up, and assist with ongoing ethics renewals.

Specific Duties

• Collect dietary intake data and supplement use during clinical visits with participants
• Instruct participants on reporting portion sizes
• Responsible for study follow-up activities
• Responsible for data management using ASA24 and ESHA software
• Analyze dietary date and estimate nutrient intakes using ASA24 and ESHA software
• 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.
• Assist Research Associate with the timely RISe submission of amendments as it pertains to collection of dietary data.
• 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.
• 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 (e.g. May include chart review, administering questionnaires, performing other clinical research assessments for which adequate training will be provided).
• 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 collaborative participation with industry and other centers.

Supervision Received

It is expected that the RT3 will demonstrate the ability to work independently once training has been successfully completed. The RT3 will be required to problem solve on a continual basis. The RT3 will provide some supervision to the coop student.

Supervision Given

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