Job Summary

The Clinical Research Technician will be part of a group of research teams focused on cognition, alcohol use disorder and obesity risk, addiction, and recovery involving alcohol and substance use disorder, people in early recovery and people actively drinking and using illicit drugs. This research utilizes cognitive assessments, virtual reality, personality tests, neuroimaging, and behavioral tasks to better understand the neurobehavioral bases and genetic vulnerabilities for addiction and recovery.

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Identifies and recruits study participants.
• Administers study procedures.
• Collects, records, and processes data in electronic and paper formats.
• Assists with advertising, in-person recruiting, and distributing paper flyers in the community.
• Creates and maintains social media and online recruiting tools.
• Assists in developing and sharing educational and informational resources with participants.
• Ability to operate chemical sense (smell, taste) equipment and maintenance for the studies.
• May coordinate administrative support functions for the research team: ordering supplies, processing travel, scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and minutes, managing Redcap and other submission systems.
• May provide support for grant submissions, agency reporting, other regulatory compliance, and website maintenance as needed.
• May coordinate meetings with executive personnel, co-investigator (Co-Is), and project management team to ensure adherence with proposed timeline from the project plan.
• May act as a liaison, on behalf of the executive team, faculty, staff, visitors, technical support organizations, and other key personnel on the project.
• May prepare correspondence from the principal investigator (PI) to the partnering treatment centers and community organizations.
• May assist in identifying key resources needed to result in project success.

General Responsibilities

• Assists in the conduct of clinical research studies or trials following established protocols and standard operating procedures (SOP).
• Assists with identifying and recruiting subjects for clinical research studies or trials; calls/schedules subjects for appointments per protocol; performs screening, consenting, and interviewing/data collection in adherence with the assigned study protocol and in accordance with good clinical principals; collects patient consent and authorization for treatment intervention documents and performs those interventions as needed.
• Conducts routine experiments and/or coordinates research study procedures in accordance with SOPs; receives, collects, and records study data in database.
• Communicates and keeps researchers and/or PI up-to-date on any problems or concerns related to the research study or trial.
• May be responsible for collecting clinical samples (such as blood, sample tissue, etc.) for research including any storage measures.
• Assists with advertising and other information for participant recruitment; assists in developing and sharing educational and informational resources with subjects and families.
• Ensures proper documentation of Case Report Forms, regulatory documents, PI notes, and any other mandatory study-related documents and ensures quality and accuracy.
• Archives documents for study per sponsor, government, and institutional requirements; keeps accurate records and provides necessary documents for regulatory audits.
• Maintains and manages inventory and research study supplies.
• May be responsible for facilitating disbursement of study participant payments.
• Provides various additional research study support (such as protocol research in medical library/online databases, summarizing literature reviews for study hypothesis, grant preparation, manuscript review/editing, literature searches, and/or transcription).
• Stays up-to-date on regulatory affairs and/or clinical research best practices by attending continuing education classes, conferences, seminars, and project team meetings.