Clinical Researcher 3

Job Details

Department: Psychology

Salary: Commensurate with Experience/Education

Description:

Provides expertise in support of physical or mental health research projects. Typically works out of a clinic or other health care facility and may travel to homes, schools or residential facilities to collect data.

1. Performs advanced testing procedures, data collection, and analysis. Typically works directly with human subjects.
2. Ensures experiments are performed according to specifications.
3. May make recommendations to changes in procedure, processes, or experimental design.
4. May prepare and/or edit research papers, grant proposals and reports.
5. Possesses, understands, and applies comprehensive knowledge in area of specialization.
6. Develops understanding and skills to allow for completion of assignments that cross fields of specialization.
7. Develops leadership and management skills.
8. Reviews progress and evaluates results of experiments under control or supervisory responsibility.
9. Recommends changes in testing or experimental procedures.
10. May be responsible for a single research project or a segment of a large research project.
11. Receives moderate supervision referring complex situations to higher levels.
12. May plan for and assign personnel to projects under control and evaluate their work.
13. May operate with latitude for unreviewed action under prescribed circumstances.

Additional Posting Information

Position Title: Researcher 3, Clinical

Working title: Project Clinical Research Coordinator-Epidemiology and Data Operations

Location: University of Houston, Houston, Texas

Position Summary

The Clinical Research Center for Developmental Language Disorder at the University of Houston is seeking applications for a Research Coordinator to support an NIH-funded, multi-year epidemiological longitudinal cohort study to investigate prevalence and risk factors of late talking and developmental language disorder, as part of a larger-scale clinical research program.

This position will support a multi-phase research study focused on clinical and public health outcomes in a representative study population of children. Working closely with the Principal Investigator, this position will coordinate recruitment and participant tracking activities, maintain sampling-frame and study records, support electronic data capture, and research database workflows, assist with development of study procedures and manuals of procedures, and help ensure high-quality data collection across projects.

Start Date: June 15, 2026, or until position is filled.

This is an in-person position based in Houston, Texas; candidates must be local or willing to relocate. Remote appointments are not available.