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• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $68,000-$68,000

Position Summary

The School of Nursing is searching for a Research Coordinator to work on a leading researcher's study concerning the impact of a culturally-based live music intervention on the metabolites and metabolic pathways associated with chronic stress and the risk of preterm birth in Black women.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

-Developing educational materials (e.g. Standard Operating Procedures, consent forms, Qualtrics/REDCap surveys, etc), convening meetings, and keeping the project moving on a day-to-day basis;

-Overseeing and assisting the PIs with the development of fliers, including making copies of, and collating instruments and questionnaires, and assembling packets for use in the research study;

-Assisting with administrative tasks including IRB submission/revisions, and addition of new staff, students, or postdocs to the IRB-approved protocol;

-Assisting with tasks related to subject compensation and reimbursement, including for travel to and from the Louis Armstrong Center for their intervention or control sessions;

-Coordinating with study staff at all study sites (Columbia NYP/Columbia Prenatal Clinic, The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine, and the Emory Metabolomic Center) as needed to conduct the study;

-Assisting with data collection, data entry into RedCap or Qualtrics, and initial steps in data cleaning;

-Assisting the PIs in the development and monitoring of the study database including tracking research participants' enrollment, assignment to intervention or control groups, study participation and adherence;

-Supporting the biostatisticians in their statistical analysis of research data;

- Assisting with the shipping and tracking of samples sent to Co-I Jones' lab in Atlanta for metabolomic analyses;

- Assisting with manuscript preparation and submission and manuscript formatting using EndNote;

- Assisting in organizing study-related events, including setting up meetings and new staff orientations;

- Assisting with database design, security, data storage and management;

- Providing support as needed to other staff involved in screening, and enrollment/retention-related trainings and other activities;

- Providing support for information tracking & data entry using Excel.

- Communicating with and arranging meetings with external collaborators including the External Advisory Board;

- Formatting documents and assisting with PowerPoint presentations.

This is a grant-funded position and employment is contingent upon continued funding.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor's degree and at least three (3) years of experience or equivalent in education, training, and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least three (3) years of related experience.
• Computer fluency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and familiarity with R program.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
• Master's Degree Preferred
• Familiarity with Institutional Review Board procedures
• Knowledgeable of Clinical Trials regulatory processes
• Working knowledge of REDCap, Qualtrics and EndNote