"Research Assistant"

Position Summary

This position will play a pivotal role in supporting the department as our program expands nationally, in collaboration with our key partner, Reach Out and Read. Responsibilities include coordinating data management and overseeing various aspects of clinical research protocols conducted within the Center for Early Relational Health (CERH) and Covid-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) Initiative & Covid-19 Mother Baby Outcomes (COMBO) national study Team.

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Responsibilities

• Codes behavioral and physiological data, maintaining IRB approvals and reports and supports research staff in their efforts to gather data from participants.
• Inputs participant data into our database, prepares written and oral reports, assists with physiological and behavioral assessments, and attends weekly program meetings.
• Coordinates data management and other aspects of clinical research protocols being conducted through the Nurture Science Program and COMBO study.
• Review of research protocols and determination data management requirement for each participant enrolled; interacts with the regulatory office to maintain regulatory documents and administrative files for each protocol.
• Research coordination includes working with internal and external Principal Investigators.
• Work in conjunction with the study team to gather all required data and relevant clinical information.
• Work with various departments, clinics, physicians and labs, including outside entities to ensure accuracy and timely retrieval of data.
• Must confer with all members of the clinical team to confirm appropriateness and timeliness of tests.
• Coordinates collection of follow-up data on participants as required by the protocol.
• Tracks participant enrollment and payments for sponsored protocols.
• Performs related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and at least one and one-half years of related experience or equivalent in education, training and experience. Knowledge of various related laboratory procedures and techniques required.

Preferred Qualifications

Bilingual Spanish.

Other Requirements

Contact with patients and/or human research subjects. HIPAA Training required.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.