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Form of workPosition Title: Study Coordinator
Company Overview:
BIOQUAL was established in 1981 and performs contract research services focused on in vivo models of human diseases including COVID-19, AIDS, influenza, RSV infection, Flavivirus infections including Zika and Dengue, malaria, hepatitis, and cancer. BIOQUAL has laboratories and vivariums under both BSL-2 and BSL-3 containment. In addition, BIOQUAL maintains CDC-approved BSL-3 containment laboratories for studies associated with Select Agents including highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Objective:
The Study Coordinator oversees and moves research studies from the conceptual phase through to completion. They coordinate costing models, manage the submission-review approval process of animal protocols, and develop study schedules, and sample collection and immunization/challenge protocols. They ensure USDA, AALAC, and OLAW standards are met
Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications and Skills:
Company Overview:
BIOQUAL was established in 1981 and performs contract research services focused on in vivo models of human diseases including COVID-19, AIDS, influenza, RSV infection, Flavivirus infections including Zika and Dengue, malaria, hepatitis, and cancer. BIOQUAL has laboratories and vivariums under both BSL-2 and BSL-3 containment. In addition, BIOQUAL maintains CDC-approved BSL-3 containment laboratories for studies associated with Select Agents including highly pathogenic avian influenza.
Objective:
The Study Coordinator oversees and moves research studies from the conceptual phase through to completion. They coordinate costing models, manage the submission-review approval process of animal protocols, and develop study schedules, and sample collection and immunization/challenge protocols. They ensure USDA, AALAC, and OLAW standards are met
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assist Principal Investigators (PI) and Study Directors (SD) in recording, verifying, and/ or analysis of study specific data as needed.
- Assist PI/SD in compiling study specific information, drafting and/or reviewing protocols to be submitted for conduct of studies. Assist in submissions to Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) for study conduct.
- Initiate regular contact with various departments to ensure that all necessary agent specific/procedural trainings have been completed and required forms have been communicated and completed by appropriate staffs for study conduct.
- Participating in the regular IBC meetings to the extent of possibly serving as a co-chair. Taking meeting minutes and/ or assisting with other responsibilities for the conduct of the meeting.
- Participating in weekly/ monthly study conduct meetings, taking meeting minutes and following up with various departments for tracking the status of the assigned task until completion. Working with technical writers and assisting them in collecting information for drafting reports.
- Other duties as appropriate.
Qualifications and Skills:
- MS degree in Biomedical Sciences and a minimum 5 years of relevant experience.
- Knowledge about Institutional Biosafety requirements.
- Prior experience in GLP set up is preferred.
- Hands on experience and/ or knowledge about biological lab assays preferred.
- Experience working in BSL-2 and above is preferred.
- Keen attention to details; able to initiate and organize projects and multitask.
- Intermediate to advanced computer/PC skills in MS Office, Outlook.
- Must be detail-oriented, dependable, motivated, able to work with minimal supervision.
- Strong interpersonal skills, both verbal and written, with all levels of management and staff
