Senior Research Coordinator (Department of General Internal Medicine)

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Posted Job Title

Senior Research Coordinator (Department of General Internal Medicine)

Job Profile Title

Research Coordinator Senior

Job Description Summary

This role manage the day-to-day operations for several research protocols. They will oversee existing project activities, supporting the implementation of new projects and meeting timelines involved in the data sets collection. manage data using different tools, systems and statistical software package and submit protocol modifications and continuing reviews to the IRB as needed, perform literature review, and write reports and sections of grant proposals and manuscripts for publication. There will also be an opportunity to participate in the design, conduct, analysis and writing of clinical research studies, along with the production of tables and figures.

Job Description

Job Responsibilities

• This position will provide critical research and administrative support and coordination for two faculty in the Division of General Internal Medicine—Robert Burke and Eric Roberts—to help them expand and carry out their extramurally funded research programs. Primary responsibilities of this position include providing administrative, organizational, research coordination and assistance to faculty in the Division. This will include performing a variety of research and administrative tasks including, but not limited to: performing research assistance for projects (e.g., literature reviews, downloading and cleaning public data files in programs such as Excel and STATA); coordinating team meetings; attending team meetings and taking notes; developing meeting agendas and post-meeting memoranda; submitting and managing regulatory documents such as Institutional Review Board and Data Use Agreements; and other general assistance managing research projects.

• We are seeking to hire a Senior Research Coordinator for federally funded research projects in the Division of General Internal Medicine. The primary responsibility of this pos