Clinical Research Assistant-The Ebrahimi-Fakhari Laboratory

Boston Children’s Hospital; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedules

Health insurance

Vision and dental insurance

Child care subsidies

Retirement plan (403(b))

Tuition reimbursement

Discounted commuter benefits

Job summary

Boston Children's Hospital seeks a Clinical Research Assistant to manage day-to-day operations of a natural history study in rare childhood-onset neurological diseases. You will recruit patients, coordinate visits, handle logistics, and ensure regulatory compliance, working directly with patients and families.

The role involves travel and weekend events, with an emphasis on data collection in REDCap and collaboration with researchers and advocacy groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in neuroscience, biology, psychology, public health, or a related field is required.
• 0-1 years of experience in clinical research or a healthcare setting is preferred.
• Experience with informed consent, IRB submissions, REDCap or Epic, research contracts or budgets, and working with pediatric patients or patient advocacy organizations.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and consent patients and families, and serve as their main point of contact throughout the study.
• Schedule and coordinate study visits, including clinical assessments and biospecimen collection.
• Manage study logistics, including participant travel and reimbursement, sample processing, and shipping.
• Prepare and submit IRB protocols, amendments, and continuing reviews, and maintain regulatory documentation.
• Manage study contracts, agreements, and budgets in collaboration with institutional offices.
• Collect and manage study data in REDCap, and represent the study at patient and family conferences.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Patient interaction

Education

Bachelor's degree in neuroscience, biology, psychology, public health, or related field

Job description

Position Summary/ Department Summary:

The Ebrahimi-Fakhari Laboratory and the Movement Disorders Program at Boston Children's Hospital are seeking a motivated, organized, and personable Clinical Research Assistant to manage the day-to-day operations of a natural history study in rare childhood-onset neurological diseases. Natural history studies define how these conditions progress over time, identify meaningful outcome measures and biomarkers, and lay the groundwork for clinical trials of new therapies. Working closely with Dr. Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari and our clinical and research team, the assistant will have frequent direct contact with patients and families and will engage regularly with the rare disease community through study visits, patient advocacy organizations, and family conferences, including occasional travel and weekend events. To learn more about our team, please visit https://www.def-lab.org/.

Key Responsibilities:

• Recruit and consent patients and families, and serve as their main point of contact throughout the study.
• Schedule and coordinate study visits, including clinical assessments and biospecimen collection.
• Manage study logistics, including participant travel and reimbursement, sample processing, and shipping.
• Prepare and submit IRB protocols, amendments, and continuing reviews, and maintain regulatory documentation.
• Manage study contracts, agreements, and budgets in collaboration with institutional offices.
• Collect and manage study data in REDCap, and represent the study at patient and family conferences.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in neuroscience, biology, psychology, public health, or a related field is required.

Experience:

• At least 0-1 years of experience in clinical research or a healthcare setting is preferred.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills; comfort working directly with patients and families.
• Experience with informed consent, IRB submissions, REDCap or Epic, research contracts or budgets, and working with pediatric patients or patient advocacy organizations.

Licensure/ Certifications:

• Training in human subjects research (CITI) and Good Clinical Practice preferred.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting. Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, employee discounts and discounted commuter benefits at certain locations. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.