Clinical Research Assistant - Genetics/Chung Lab

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston seeks a Clinical Research Assistant to support rare genetic condition studies in Wendy Chung’s lab. The role involves enabling online enrollment, data collection across online, remote and in-person settings, and gathering medical records and biospecimens from patients worldwide.

You will collaborate with physicians, scientists, genetic counselors and nurses to study neurodevelopmental conditions, autism, congenital anomalies, pulmonary hypertension and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Support enrollment, consent, and collection of clinical data and biospecimens.
• Oversee daily study operations and maintain study materials and SOPs.
• Assist with data management, quality assurance, and dataset preparation.
• Collaborate with investigators and team members to plan analyses.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Writing skills

Data management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Position Summary

This Clinical Research Assistant will support clinical research in rare genetic conditions by facilitating online enrollment, online, remote and in person data collection, collection of medical records, and collection of biospecimens from patients around the world with rare genetic conditions we study in Wendy Chung’s lab. Collection and analysis of these data will help us characterize these new genetic conditions and design clinical trials to test new treatments and interventions to treat these conditions. These rare genetic conditions include conditions that affect neurodevelopment, behavior including autism, structural congenital anomalies, pulmonary hypertension, and cardiomyopathies. The Clinical Research Assistant will work with a team of physicians, scientists, genetic counselors, and nurses working together with rare diseases patient advocacy groups to better understand these rare genetic conditions.

Key Responsibilities

• In conjunction with the Principal Investigator and/or designees implement clinical research projects such as enrollment, consent, collection of clinical data and biospecimens.
• Responsible for daily operations of the study. Develops and implements processes and procedures to meet study goals and protocol requirements. Participate in training and maintaining study related materials.
• Consents and enrolls patients for research studies by providing detailed information on the Clinical Study to patients and families. Evaluate the suitability of prospective study candidates and make selections based on study inclusion criteria. Provide input for updates of SOPs.
• Assist with maintaining best practice guidelines for conducting various clinical research protocols.
• Provides data management, and methodological support to Principal Investigator and/or designees in the maintenance of databases.
• Maintains study specific data management and quality assurance procedures.
• Works with Principal Investigators and lab members to plan analyses, clean and verify data and facilitate preparation of datasets for analyses.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree

Experience

• Analytical skills to gather and interpret data, excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Effective communication and writing skills to provide critical information to team members, patients, and families with ability to triage and elevate concerns to appropriate leadership.
• Problem-solving, troubleshooting abilities and resourcefulness.