Clinical Research Assistant I - Exercise Oncology Program

City of Hope; Duarte (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Hope in Duarte, CA is advancing cancer research through the Exercise Oncology Program. We seek a dedicated Clinical Research Assistant to support trial operations, recruitment, and data management within cutting-edge studies integrating exercise interventions.

You will coordinate study visits, manage biospecimens and devices, and collaborate with investigators and clinical teams to ensure timely, accurate conduct.

Qualifications

• Read, identify and extract pertinent data from medical records.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend medical terminology.
• Experience with Medical Records, Health Information Systems, or related health field.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate multiple exercise oncology research studies from start-up to completion.
• Recruit, screen, enroll, and support participants while building relationships.
• Coordinate visits, assessments, schedules, and research activities to meet requirements.
• Maintain complete study records and communicate changes to investigators.
• Coordinate study equipment and supplies, including biodevice kits.
• Work with biological samples, kit preparation, shipping, and inventory.
• Manage and review data, identify missing information, support data projects.
• Collaborate with investigators, clinicians, participants, and sites to keep studies running.
• Contribute to team meetings, special projects, and train new staff.

Skills

Medical data extraction

Medical terminology proficiency

Health information systems familiarity

Education

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Join the forefront of groundbreaking research at the City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. Our dedicated and compassionate faculty and staff are driven by a common mission: Contribute to innovative approaches in predicting, preventing, and curing diseases, shaping the future of medicine through cutting-edge research.

The Exercise Oncology Program is advancing research on how personalized exercise can reduce cancer risk and improve outcomes for people affected by cancer. Our growing portfolio includes innovative clinical trials integrating exercise interventions, patient-reported outcomes, biomarkers, and remote research activities. Clinical Research Assistants play a central role in trial operations, coordinating recruitment, screening, enrollment, participant management, study data, regulatory requirements, biospecimens, biodevices, and research logistics while partnering with investigators, exercise physiologists, clinical teams, and collaborating research sites.

As a successful candidate, you will:

• Independently coordinate multiple exercise oncology research studies, managing day-to-day activities from study start-up through participant follow-up and study completion.
• Recruit, screen, enroll, and support participants throughout their research experience while building positive relationships.
• Coordinate study visits, required assessments, participant schedules, and other research activities to ensure study requirements are completed accurately and on time.
• Maintain complete and accurate study records, submit required research data, monitor study requirements, and communicate important changes or concerns to investigators and program leadership.
• Coordinate study equipment and supplies including preparing, shipping, tracking, receiving, and reconciling participant study kits that include biodevices.
• Work with biological samples and related sample kits, including preparation, shipping, tracking, and inventorying.
• Manage and review research data, identify missing or inconsistent information, and support study-specific data projects and analyses.
• Collaborate with investigators, exercise physiologists, clinical teams, participants, and collaborating research sites to keep studies running efficiently.
• Contribute to team meetings, special projects, and continuous improvement activities, and help train and mentor newer clinical research staff.

Your qualifications should include:

• Associate’s Degree.
• Experience may substitute for minimum education requirements.
• Read, identify and extract pertinent data from medical records.
• Ability to read, write and comprehend medical terminology.
• Medical Record, Health Information Systems, or related health field.

Preferred qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.

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