Clinical Research Assistant: Grants, Data & Health Equity

uchicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago's Lindau Lab is seeking a Research Support specialist to handle planning, monitoring, and execution of investigator-initiated projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and timely milestones.

You will contribute to study design, data collection, and dissemination, including preparing reports, manuscripts, and presentations, while assisting with IRB processes and grant applications.

Responsibilities

• Supports all scientific elements of planning, monitoring, and execution of investigator-initiated research and educational efforts to ensure timely progress toward scientific and educational milestones and deliverables.
• Assists in the design, development and implementation of quantitative and qualitative research studies, scientific and educational presentations and publications, and community-oriented presentations and other knowledge dissemination products.
• Supports and contributes substantially to developing, writing and submitting research grant applications.
• Conducts rigorous literature search and synthesis to support all aspects of research.
• Supports and contributes to developing, writing and managing IRB protocols and collaborates with senior researchers to iterate protocols to comply with new IRB and HIPAA regulations or other guidance.
• Participates in recruitment, enrollment, and retention of research subjects, which includes obtaining informed consent and the scheduling of all related meetings. Participates in primary data collection and data entry, including building surveys and administering face-to-face, phone-based and/or other surveys.
• Ability to use various modes of communication to interact professionally with study participants per study protocols, with supervision from senior researchers.
• Conducts basic statistical analyses, including duplicate analyses as part of quality assurance protocols, with supervision from senior researchers.
• Supports all aspects of community engaged research processes, including development and support of research advisory boards.
• Trains and supports research trainees; interacts regularly and as needed with research trainees in the lab to support their scholarly activities.
• Supports development of presentations, manuscripts, and other knowledge dissemination materials for the purposes of presentation at scientific meetings, educational convenings and publication in peer-reviewed literature.
• Contributes original written content and performs editorial functions for WomanLab and other knowledge dissemination activities.
• Participates in study-related documentation, such as protocol worksheets, procedural manuals, adverse event reports, institutional review board documents, or progress reports.
• Shares in or leads responsibility for all administrative, operations, regulatory, compliance and logistics functions related to the Lab's research, teaching, service and clinical missions and to foster

Job description

The University of Chicago's Lindau Lab is seeking a Research Support specialist to handle planning, monitoring, and execution of investigator-initiated projects, ensuring regulatory compliance and timely milestones.

You will contribute to study design, data collection, and dissemination, including preparing reports, manuscripts, and presentations, while assisting with IRB processes and grant applications.