Research Support Specialist

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Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Miami has an opportunity for a full-time Research Support Specialist to support federally, state, and institutionally funded research focused on firefighter and first responder health and safety. The position will support multidisciplinary research conducted through the Caban-Martinez Laboratory and related research programs, including longitudinal cohort studies, occupational exposure assessments, epidemiologic investigations, and the development and evaluation of interventions designed to improve the health and safety of firefighters and other first responders.

The Research Support Specialist will work collaboratively with Dr. Caban-Martinez and other investigators, research coordinators, research staff, community partners, and fire service organizations to support the day-to-day implementation of research protocols.

Core

Job Functions:

Researches, collects, analyzes, and synthesizes data and maintains databases.

Conducts quality assurance checks, reports on the status of research activities, and submits monthly activity logs for protocol.

Organizes and coordinates community working group meetings for protocol activities.

Serves as primary point of contact for community partners and supervises and oversees research data collection at protocol venues in the community.

Reviews study progress, identifies areas of opportunity, and recommends solutions.

Prepares and updates study research procedures manuals.

Assists with the preparation of grant proposals by processing regulatory documents for all institutions and offices involved.

Contributes to the publication and presentation of significant results and writes and edits material for publication and presentation.

Maintains research files and responds to phone calls on the research study phone line.

Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.

Department Specific Functions:

Implements research protocols and study procedures in accordance with approved protocols, standard operating procedures, institutional policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Supports participant recruitment, screening, enrollment, informed consent, scheduling, retention, and follow-up activities for longitudinal and other human-subject research studies.

Coordinates and participates in field-based research activities at fire departments, community locations, University facilities, and other study sites throughout Florida and, when required, nationally.

Collects, records, enters, reviews, and manages research data while maintaining accurate and complete source documentation and electronic research records.

Develops, builds, tests, and maintains REDCap databases, including electronic case report forms, questionnaires, surveys, longitudinal study instruments, automated invitations, user permissions, and data-quality procedures.

Conducts routine data-quality and quality-assurance activities, identifies incomplete or inconsistent data, assists with resolution of data queries, and supports preparation of research datasets for analysis.

Generates routine and ad hoc reports, dashboards, recruitment and retention reports, study progress summaries, and data exports for investigators, research staff, sponsors, and other stakeholders.

Administers research questionnaires, interviews, physical measurements, environmental assessments, or other study procedures according to protocol and staff training.

Assists with the collection, labeling, processing, temporary storage, transport, tracking, and inventory of biological and environmental specimens in accordance with study protocols and applicable biosafety requirements.

Supports maintenance of research specimen inventories and biorepositories and assists with monitoring laboratory and field research supplies and equipment.

Works closely with investigators, study coordinators, and other research personnel to coordinate study visits, field deployments, participant follow-up, and protocol-specific data and specimen collection.

Maintains study tracking systems,…