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Form of workDepartment: SoC Comm Sciences & Disorders Salary/Grade: EXS/7 Job Summary: Manages all activities associated with biomedical &/or social-behavioral research studies considered very complex by the inclusion of several of the following: multiple investigators, teams, sites, sub-contracts, participants, longitudinal assessments/ interventions; &/or multi-million dollar budgets. Ensures completion of contract requirements & client specifications. Oversees day-to-day operations including identifying & securing needed resources; creating, implementing, monitoring, & updating project plans; facilitating meetings with appropriate parties; tracking tasks/deliverables to ensure timelines, milestones &/or goals are attained; monitoring & reporting progress as appropriate; & resolving or escalating issues in a timely manner.
May co-author scientific papers for presentation & publication & coordinates writing, submission & administration of grants. Ensures that all study activities are completed by strictly following Good Clinical Practices (GCP) & all current local, state, & federal laws, regulations, guidance, policy & procedure developed by the NU Institutional Review Board (IRB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), & the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH). Specific Responsibilities: Technical Provides complex scientific & technical leadership in determining research priorities & the plan, design & execution of Research Projects ensuring that programs of investigation meet specified objectives.
Plans, develops & implements new processes & protocols to support research studies & maximize/extend study capabilities. Oversees completion of study activities per protocol. Collaborating with staff and Principal Investigator (PI) ascertains pretreatment & eligibility requirements; interviews participants & obtains social & medical histories; based on results determines & registers participants with appropriate sponsors; completes informed consent; determines & organizes patient's treatment and test schedules.
Ensures that study protocols are in compliance with appropriate rules & regulations & reviews study progress and recommends revisions, amendments, and/or other study changes as necessary to better meet needs of sponsors. Manages conduct of experimental tests & procedures. Closely monitors & documents patient's adverse events; partners with staff in modifying dosages, tests & treatment schedule.
Reviews scientific literature & evaluates & recommends applicable techniques & procedures. Administrative Analyzes, evaluates & interprets data to determine relevance to research. Assists PI in developing statistical methods & models to analyze & report data based upon study requirements.
Prepares results & may co-author scientific papers for presentation & publication & disseminates information via seminars, lectures, etc. Creates data for use in grant submission & develops new proposals for research including obtaining financial support. Acts as liaison between sponsoring agencies, collaborating organizations &/or other research &/or educational institutions.
Ensures that all study documents associated with current local, state, & federal regulatory guidelines, requirements, laws & research protocols are completed in a timely manner. Data Manages project data including processing, accuracy, analysis & evaluation of data ensuring that results meet project information and deliverable objectives. Partners with internal/external project and IT staff to create, review, analyze, interpret, summarize, and prepare progress & final reports.
Provides consultation to internal/external project staff on appropriate data management, methodological issues and analysis of data. Finance May create &/or manage research study budget which may include deciding on & approving expenditures of funds based on budget. Monitors accounts.
Negotiates prices & specifications with vendors. Purchases supplies, materials, equipment & services. Ensures appropriate allocation & compliance.
Invoices study sponsors for study tests/procedures. Coordinates & participates in budgetary negotiations with industry sponsors. Supervision Trains, directs, assigns duties to & may supervise lab EEs, students, residents &/or fellows.
Acts as a mentor in regard to education of junior coordinators. Performs other duties as assigned. Minimum Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities.) Knowledge of and experience working with IRBs Excellent organizational, project management, and communication skills Ability to work well both independently and as part of team in a fast-paced research environment Preferred Qualifications: (Education and experience) PhD in Communication Science and Disorders, Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, or a related field Minimum of 3 years of experience in research lab setting, preferably auditory cognitive neuroscience or related field Experience managing clinical trials and multimodal neuroimaging techniques (e.g., EEG, fMRI) NIH grant coordination experience, including knowledge of grant application procedures and requirements EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING AND SUPERVISING RESEARCH ASSISTANTS Preferred Competencies: (Skills, knowledge, and abilities) Ability to program in R, Matlab, and/or Python Target hiring range for this position will be between $62,000-$77,000 per year.
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