Brain Metastases Research Operations Lead

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The UVA Health Brain Metastases Research Collaborative (BMETS-RC) seeks a highly organized Program Coordinator to support operations, growth, and strategic direction of this interdisciplinary initiative.

The successful candidate will coordinate stakeholders and meetings, manage multiple projects, assist with grant applications, scientific presentations, and manuscript development, and help run the BMETS-RC’s multi-site registry and research seminars in Charlottesville, on-site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in health sciences, public health, clinical research, biology, data science, health administration, project management, or related field.
• Experience in healthcare, academic medical center, cancer center, clinical research, or biomedical research environment.
• Experience coordinating interdisciplinary or multi-institutional programs.
• Experience abstracting clinical information from electronic health records and familiarity with clinical research data-management platforms.
• Familiarity with IRB processes, human-subjects research, HIPAA requirements, data-use agreements, or research compliance.
• Experience supporting grant applications, scientific manuscripts, abstracts, or academic presentations.
• Experience planning research conferences, retreats, symposia, or educational programs.
• Proficiency in spreadsheet-based data management, data-quality review, reporting, or basic data visualization.
• Project-management training or certification.
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate stakeholders and meetings for the BMETS-RC.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and monitor progress toward strategic goals.
• Support grant applications, scientific presentations, and manuscript development.
• Coordinate monthly research presentations, annual retreat, regional symposium, and other collaborative activities.
• Develop and operate a multi-site brain metastases registry; support onboarding, data platform configuration, regulatory and data governance activities.
• Perform and oversee routine data abstraction and entry once registry is operational.
• Foster communication among participating institutions and collaborators.

Skills

Interdisciplinary coordination

Clinical data abstraction

IRB knowledge

Grants & publications

Conference planning

Data management

Project management

Communication

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in health sciences or related field

Tools

EHR data platforms

Data-management software

Job description

The UVA Health Brain Metastases Research Collaborative (BMETS-RC) seeks a highly organized Program Coordinator to support operations, growth, and strategic direction of this interdisciplinary initiative.

The successful candidate will coordinate stakeholders and meetings, manage multiple projects, assist with grant applications, scientific presentations, and manuscript development, and help run the BMETS-RC’s multi-site registry and research seminars in Charlottesville, on-site.