Job Summary

The Driving Connections Lab, led by Dr. KJ Hansmann, is hiring a Research Specialist to coordinate research studies focused on supporting patients with dementia and their family caregivers as they navigate complex life transitions like stopping driving through team-based approaches. You will have the opportunity to be involved in daily research activities such as participant screening, recruitment, enrollment, and coordination, as well as broader strategic initiatives within the lab, including process development and building academic and community partnerships.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Recruits study participants and manages their study participation, including scheduling visits, obtaining informed consent, enrollment, data collection, and quality monitoring
• Reviews, analyzes, and interprets data and/or documents results for presentations and/or reporting to internal and external audiences
• Participates in the development, interpretation, and implementation of research methodology and materials
• Provides operational guidance on day-to-day activities of unit or program staff and/or student workers
• Performs literature reviews and writes reports
• Conducts research experiments according to established research protocols with moderate impact to the project(s). Collects data and monitors test results
• Participates in community-based participant recruitment, community engagement, and outreach

Required Qualifications

• Experience with qualitative research methods including conducting interviews, processing raw transcript data, and coding and analyzing results using NVivo or similar qualitative data analysis software
• Experience using Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and ability to learn new software tools