CLINICAL RESEARCH COORDINATOR

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About the Bellwether Collaborative for Health Justice:

 

As part of the Duke University Department of Population Health Sciences, it is the mission of the Bellwether Collaborative for Health Justice to shine a light on how the criminal legal system acts a structural determinant of health and impacts population and individual level health outcomes. We are an interdisciplinary research team, led by Dr. Lauren Brinkley-Rubinstein. Our work draws on the expertise of criminal legal system-involved persons and carceral and community stakeholders to inform innovative research that has practice and policy implications.

 

About the Research:

Overdose is one of the leading causes of death in the US. People who are exposed to or impacted by the criminal legal system disproportionately report using substances and experience high rates of overdose. Community Paramedic or Post-Overdose Response Team programs have grown across the country to address this crisis.

These teams respond during and after overdoses to offer life-saving support—including naloxone, medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD), and connections to health and social services, to help people get care rather than face arrest or incarceration. However, these programs mostly focus on individual-level care. Research shows that broader issues—like lack of housing, difficulty accessing public benefits, and unmet legal needs—also drive overdose risk. These are sometimes called “health-harming legal needs” (HHLN). Medical-Legal Partnerships bring together legal and healthcare professionals to address these deeper challenges and reduce the chance of future overdose harm.

The hired candidate will join our work on the CROSSROADS study, which is an Implementation Effectiveness Trial designed to compare the community paramedic standard of care to an intervention that leverages Medical-Legal Partnerships. The study is taking place at four sites—Durham and Orange Counties, NC; Portland, ME; Miami, FL; and Pittsburgh, PA. The hired position will join an existing team to co-lead research activities at the NC site, ensure timely completion of all regulatory activities, and provide administrative support to the academic partners at Brown University, the University of Miami, Boston Medical Center, and University of Pittsburgh.

 

Minimum Requirements:

An Associate’s degree is required.

 

Work requires a minimum of two years of research experience.

 

Special Skills:

· Previous experience supporting the work of multi-site or complex research studies;

· Experience or expressed interest in working with individuals impacted by the criminal legal system;

· Interest and experience in scholarly writing.

 

Requested Application Materials:

Please provide a resume/CV, references, and a cover letter with your application. In your cover letter, please address any research experience you have, your interest/experience in working with populations affected by incarceration, and any experience/interest you have working with individuals impacted by OUD or the criminal legal system.

 

Must live in the Durham/Orange County area.

 

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About the Position:

 

The Bellwether Collaborative for Health Justice seeks a Clinical Research Coordinator to co-lead all aspects of the CROSSROADS Study in Durham and Orange County, North Carolina. The responsibilities of this position include the following:

 

Research Operations:

· Establishing Agreements: The hired candidate will work with the Lead Coordinator and PI to identify when research-related agreements are required for their project (examples: independent contractor agreements, data use agreements, sub-award contracts, etc.).

· Regulatory Knowledge: The hired candidate will have a working knowledge