Research Assistant II, General Internal Medicine

Position
:
Research Assistant II

Department
: GIM Research

Location
:
Boston, MA

Schedule
: 40 hours per week, hybrid/on-site

The Research Assistant II (RA2) will participate in domestic research projects under the direction of project managers, senior managers/directors and Principal Investigators. The RA2 will be responsible for supporting the management of research studies focused on substance use and infectious disease in community, clinical, and carceral settings. Specifically, the RA will implement activities as part of multi-site research study developing, testing, and optimizing an academic detailing toolkit and intervention focused on providing Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to patients in the hospital who use drugs.

PrEP is a highly effective and safe medication available as pills or a long-acting injectable. Hospitalization is a reachable moment for people who use drugs (PWUD)—yet hospitals rarely prescribe PrEP. The overarching goal of the project is to shift the paradigm of PrEP delivery for PWUD by integrating PrEP into routine inpatient care. In this study, we will develop, refine and pilot an inpatient PrEP academic detailing toolkit (PrEP-Talk), evaluate the effectiveness of PrEP-Talk on PrEP uptake among hospitalized PWUD, and evaluate the overall sustainability, including costs, of PrEP-Talk.

The RA2 will oversee the daily and administrative aspects of the research projects, which include interactions with study participants, research coordinators, study investigators, work study students and other research staff. Duties include but are not limited to, assisting with recruitment, scheduling study visits, administering questionnaires, creating and filing case report forms, entering and updating data, maintaining databases, running reports, and performing other administrative tasks.

Administrative tasks include but may not be limited to IRB reporting and documentation, supporting grant submissions and reporting, manuscript and presentation writing, scheduling meetings, quality control, and more.

• Supports administrative aspects of the research study, including: managing program/participant records and handling communication needs of the program.
• Schedules meetings involving the director, departmental staff, and individuals from other agencies. Plans logistics for meetings. Prepares presentations, notices, agendas and reports related to specific projects
• Assists in data collection and provides feedback on study’s progress.
• Recruits subjects to participate in the study by using approved methodologies
• Conducts the enrollment of study participants, including explaining research procedures, and obtaining informed consent of subjects and/or their families, and completing randomization procedures.
• Schedules appointments of study participants; conducts reminder phone calls and/or sends mailouts.
• Reviews the data collection forms for each enrollee for completion and quality; checks work of junior staff performing data entry to ensure timely and accurate entry. Provides technical guidance to junior staff.
• Obtains and distributes participant reimbursements for participation.
• Perform administrative duties associated with the study’s safety monitor, tracking and reporting adverse events and collecting data specified by the lead site. Responsible for all other administrative duties related to research activities.
• Supports preparation and maintenance of Institutional Review Board (IRB) approvals and correspondence, with both the Boston Medical Center IRB, as well as the central IRB used for the multi-site trial, including amendments and renewals as necessary.
• Conducts literature searches. Assists Investigators with manuscript and presentation preparation and…