Clinical Research Study Lead

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Any (United States of America)

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A Brief Overview

Brief Project Summary: The successful candidate will join a dynamic research team at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania, which seek to advance the care of patients with special healthcare needs and their families through improving parent-clinician communication systems. The candidate will be responsible for supporting three researchers.

The primary research project, under the supervision of Dr. Katharine Press Callahan, MD, MSME, (50% of time/effort) focuses on re-imagining the consent process for genetic testing in critically ill infants, so that the process will be more in line with parent’s needs. This project is funded by a K01 award from the National Human Genome Research Institute. The candidate will also support a smaller project which aims to evaluate how accurately genetic information can be used to prognosticate through medical record review.

The secondary project, under the supervision of Dr. Jackelyn Boyden, PhD, MPH, RN, (25% of time/effort) seek to improve support for families caring for children living with serious illness at home and receiving palliative care through enhancing communication between families at home and their hospital-based pediatric palliative care team. This project is funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research (K23) and the Cambia Health Foundation (Sojourns Scholar Leadership Program).

The third project, under the supervision of Dr. Rebecca Mueller, PhD, LCGC (25% of time/effort), focuses on assessing how adults with childhood-onset genetic conditions understand and communicate with their clinicians about disease prognosis, new treatments, and life-planning to enhance psychosocial support for these patient populations. This project is funded by a K01 award from the National Human Genome Research Institute. 

Description of Role: The successful candidate will collaborate with each Principal Investigator (PI) to implement procedures and processes of study implementation, ensuring smooth day-to-day operations. Key responsibilities include:

• Study operations: Managing meeting minutes, preparing and submitting IRB documentation, and preparing ongoing study reports.
• Community engagement: Supporting parent advisory board meetings, including preparation, monitoring attendance, and writing up meeting summaries.
• Data collection and data management: Overseeing participant recruitment, data collection via surveys, interviews, chart review, and follow-up; maintaining data management systems. May also include data collection through medical
• Data analysis and dissemination: Contributing to both quantitative and qualitative analyses. Contributing to writing manuscripts and preparing conference presentations as desired.

Ideal candidates will be self-motivated, able to work well independently and on a research team, and detail-oriented, with excellent time management skills. A strong commitment to working with families of children with special healthcare needs is essential. 

What you will do

• Operationalizes study activities and serves as the primary liaison across multiple areas to ensure study success.
• Operates autonomously in support of executing the PI’s mission.
• Supervises the implementation of and adherence to study protocols. Educates research and clinical staff on established policies, processes, and procedures.
• May determine effective strategies for promoting/recruiting research participants and retaining participants in long-term studies.
• Interacts directly with investigators.
• Coordinates new protocol, consent forms for single or multiple studies.
• Coordinates new