"Clinical Research Coordinator"

A resurgent stimulant epidemic among sexual minority men/men who have sex with men, including those living with HIV, could compromise the U.S. Ending the HIV Epidemic goals by interfering with HIV care engagement, adherence, and virologic suppression among sexual minority men living with HIV. Prominent multi-level barriers interfere with HIV virologic suppression among sexual minority men living with HIV, particularly among those who use stimulants.

We have digitally recruited 1000 sexual minority men living with HIV to identify multi-level determinants of HIV care engagement, adherence, and virologic suppression. We now will perform a nested randomized clinical trial to test a multi-component intervention to improve virologic suppression, adherence, positive affect, and stimulant use among sexual minority men living with HIV who use stimulants (n=270). The intervention, known as reSTART, will combine an evidence-based positive affect intervention delivered through a smartphone app and use of urine point-of-care testing to perform adherence self-monitoring, with motivational messages to improve or maintain adherence delivered via the reSTART app. As study startup has already been completed, this role will focus on participant contact to facilitate enrollment from the previously recruited cohort and coordination of study activities (sample collection, payment, Redcap database management, IRB management). There will also be opportunities to pursue analyses under mentorship of an experienced data analyst. Finally, the CRC may support other studies under the PI including a study examining doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis to prevent STIs and a lenacapavir PrEP implementation study depending on workload and interest.

The Clinical Research Coordinator's duties may include, but will not be limited to supporting the management and coordinating the tasks of single or multiple clinical research studies, depending on their size and complexity; act as intermediary between services and departments while overseeing data and specimen management; transport specimens; manage and report on study results; create, clean, update, and manage databases and comprehensive datasets and reports; coordinate staff work schedules, assist with training of other Clinical Research Coordinators (CRC) Assistant Clinical Research Coordinators (Ast CRC), and assist PI with oversight of other research staff; manage Investigator's protocols in the Committee on Human Research (CHR) online system, as well as renewals and modifications of protocol applications and the implementation of new studies; participate in the review and writing of protocols to ensure institutional review board approval within University compliance; help assure compliance with all relevant regulatory agencies; oversee study data integrity; implement and maintain periodic quality control procedures; interface with departments to obtain UCSF approval prior to study initiation; maintain all regulatory documents; report study progress to investigators; and participate in any internal and external audits or reviews of study protocols. The incumbent will recruit, screen, enroll, and follow study participants, and interact with the study research data analyst, other clinical research coordinators, clinical researchers, collaborators, and funders.

The CRC position requires the incumbent to adhere to research protocols with an emphasis on organizational skills and attention to detail. In addition, given that the employee will be working with people living with HIV and transgender men and women, past experience or strong interest in working with some or all of these populations would be highly beneficial. The CRC will respond to communications from participants through online forums and assist them in completing study procedures, so strong communication skills will be important. The CRC will meet regularly with the principal investigator and research data analyst for the studies to ensure study milestones are met.

The final salary and offer components are subject to additional approvals based on UC policy. Your placement within the salary range is dependent on a number of factors including your work experience and internal equity within this position classification at UCSF. For positions that are represented by a labor union, placement within the salary range will be guided by the rules in the collective bargaining agreement.

The salary range for this position is $34.32 - $55.19 (Hourly Rate).

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