TEACCH is part of the North Carolina Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program and faculty are actively involved in student and professional training activities within the state, nation, and across the world. All TEACCH programs are coordinated through a central administration and research unit in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
TEACCH provides clinical services such as diagnostic evaluations, psychotherapy, speech language therapy, and parent support groups. In addition, TEACCH conducts training nationally and internationally and provides consultation for teachers, residential care providers, and other professionals from a variety of disciplines. Research activities include clinical trials intervention and implementation studies.
This position is located at the TEACCH Administration & Research Building in Carrboro, NC.
The Physical Activity and EmPOWERment Program (PACE) will involve adults with intellectual disability, their caregivers, and a coach participating in individualized exercise plans using a web-based dashboard for 16 weeks. Adults with intellectual disability will participate in a weekly group fitness class led by exercise professionals at the UNC Wellness Center gyms in Chapel Hill and Raleigh. Participants will be wearing Actigraph monitors for the duration of the intervention. Screening, baseline, and post-testing will involve questionnaires, direct assessments, and interviews. Weekly data will be captured via the web-based dashed board and fidelity coding. A Data Safety and Monitoring Board will monitor this study. This position will provide oversight of the Institutional Review Board, National Institute of Health Clinical Trials, and UNC regulatory processes. This position will also involve assessments with the study participants to support protocol development and execution and training of team members.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Must be able to work and communicate with diverse populations effectively and professionally.
- Ability to work independently as well as function as part of a team.
- Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, and Word.
- Demonstrate a strong working knowledge of research, regulatory compliance, and clinical trials.
- Experience managing a team and supervising research staff.
- Ability to break large projects down into smaller tasks, develop realistic timelines, anticipate, and solve problems, prioritize competing demands, and multi-task.
- Experience analyzing qualitative and/or quantitative data, (e.g., basic descriptive and inferential statistics, coding of qualitative data).
- Demonstrates basic presentation skills at Investigator or team meetings.
- Good judgment, professionalism and independence are needed in interfacing with staff, Project Leaders, study coordinators, and investigators
- Technical Competency - displays in-depth knowledge of clinical study procedures and maintains an awareness of environment as it affects clinical research
- Must exercise good judgment to maintain confidentiality and ensure integrity of data.
- Must work effectively in a team environment and be flexible to contribute to the needs of the group
- Proficiency in career skills, including strong medical writing and critical evaluation of scientific literature.
- Master's degree preferred.
- Experience in clinical research coordination for the National Institute of Health studies.
- Data management (ability to manipulate data collection databases, specifically Redcap).
- Knowledgeable in participatory research methodologies.
- Knowledge of ethical standards and regulations.
Not Applicable.
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