Soc/Clin Research Assistant

Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

Position Summary:

This position will serve as a Study Coordinator maintaining the continuity, integrity, and productivity of four active research studies under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Andersen and Dr. Chris Sikes-Keilp in the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine. The Study Coordinator will directly support all aspects of research procedures, including data collection and management, recruitment, scheduling, and participant tracking in accordance with federal and institutional guidelines. This role is critical for maintaining participant safety, managing communication with adolescent participants and their families, and ensuring that clinical assessments and biological sample collection occur reliably and on schedule. The study coordinator will be responsible for recruitment, scheduling enrollment and lab visits, tracking participant compliance, data management and regulatory oversight for 4 active studies (2 that are clinical trials). They will also be responsible for administering lab sessions and supervising other staff and students.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Management Preferences:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Experience working with or conducting research with adolescents
• Experience preparing and submitting IRB modifications
• Experience with data management, including REDcap
• Familiarity with menstrual cycle research