University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Orthopedics

Job Title: Research Scientist – Program Lead & Data Analyst

Position #00844886 – Requisition #38969

Job Summary:

The Department of Orthopedics, Hand Division has an opening for a full-time Research Scientist. This position is responsible for implementing, operationalizing, and coordinating clinical research studies/trials as well as Data Analyst duties. The Research Scientist will serve as the Program Lead & Data Analyst for clinical studies.

This position will assist faculty with all aspects of administrative activities related to the submission of Institutional Review Board (IRB) protocols to the Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board (COMIRB), Western IRB (WIRB), and other regulatory agencies. This includes protocol development, writing consent forms, adverse event reporting, monitoring FDA-IDE trials, and managing continuing reviews of protocols. The Research Scientist will ensure compliance with all internal and external policies and procedures that govern the department’s human subject research by navigating each institution’s applicable policies (University of Colorado, Children’s Hospital Colorado, UCHealth, & VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System). The Research Scientist will interact with patients during study visits and ensure completion of all necessary documentation, as well as facilitating study-related billing. This position will also assist in the development and maintenance of a record keeping system of protocols for COMIRB and other regulatory agency activities.

The analyst will provide biostatistical analysis, data management and consulting for Veterans Affairs and Orthopedic researchers at the University of Colorado Denver, Anschutz Campus as well as collaborate with investigators on database design and biostatistical aspects of the research process, including the design and development of surveys, structuring data collection systems, data reduction and analysis, and assistance with preparation of abstracts, talks, and manuscripts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor and coordinate ongoing research projects and maintain clinical study database records
• Provide study updates to Principal Investigators through bi-monthly meetings
• Track upcoming patient study visits and interact with patients during visits
• Oversee and support research staff (medical students, undergraduate students, residents, and hand fellows), serving as primary contact for data collection troubleshooting
• Conduct literature searches and reviews
• Design and implement research protocols for consistent data collection and management
• Create and maintain research study databases and surveys in collaboration with study teams
• Ensure research data has gone through proper data checking prior to use in analyses
• Pull data from national and local databases, manipulate, clean, score measures, and prepare data for analyses and reporting
• Perform basic & intermediate statistical analysis independently and advanced statistical analyses in collaboration with senior statistician(s)
• Participate in data analysis and prepare study reports, manuscripts, meeting materials, and grant submissions
• Develop, revise and update research documents including all COMIRB & WIRB regulatory submissions
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