Research Assistant II

Research Assistant II – Mass General Brigham

Mass General Brigham is a not-for-profit health system that supports patient care, research, teaching, and community service. High-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries, and we invite applicants to be part of our organization.

Support clinical studies (prospective or retrospective with IRB protocols), epidemiologic databases, chart reviews, a tissue repository coordination, and other population-based research not related to clinical trials or laboratory work. Assist with reporting and developing new research proposals—train and orient staff. Does this position require Patient Care? No.

• Responsible for data collection, management, manipulation, analysis, and reporting.
• Study cohort management.
• Outreach communication with subjects, including mailings, follow-up, and document acquisition.
• Assist with preparing progress reports with basic prescriptive statistics.
• Gather information to aid in the development of future research proposals.
• Train and orient new staff.
• Administrative & meeting support: coordinate, submit, and maintain weekly research team meeting calendar; prepare and distribute agendas and meeting minutes; track action items and deadlines and supervise completion with student research volunteers; coordinate onboarding and support onboarding processes for new research staff, including Epic access, credentials, and compliance training; serve as primary point of contact for troubleshooting; support student interns, including onboarding, training, and stipend management.

• Draft and submit IRB protocols, amendments, and continuing reviews via Insights website.
• Design/revise informed consent forms and recruitment materials.
• Maintain regulatory binders and communicate with the IRB for each project.
• Communicate with pathology, radiology, and clinical teams to coordinate prospective collections.

• Coordinate, submit, and maintain multi‑institutional data use agreements and data transfer agreements through the legal/compliance department via Insight website.
• Track expiration/renewal of all agreements.

• Design and maintain REDCap databases.
• Export cleaned datasets for statistical analysis and summary reporting.
• Assist in drafting, reviewing, and submitting manuscripts, tables, and figures for completed research projects.

• Schedule and document student research meetings.
• Coordinate with affiliated institutions/divisions and maintain joint deliverables.
• Schedule and document cross‑departmental planning with radiology, pathology, and other departments.
• Coordinate with industry sponsors and track protocol milestones.

• Ability to clean, prepare, and export datasets for statistical analysis (knowledge of Stata, SPSS, R, or SAS preferred).
• Proficiency with REDCap (database design, branching logic, data validation, exports).
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills (Word, Excel with pivot tables/charts, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Familiarity with reference management software (End Note, Zotero, or Mendeley preferred).
• Excellent organizational and project management skills with the ability to track deadlines, action items, and deliverables.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including meeting coordination, agendas, and minutes.
• Strong knowledge of IRB processes, human subjects research protections, HIPAA, and regulatory compliance.
• Experience drafting and managing IRB protocols, consent forms, and recruitment materials.
• Familiarity with Data Use Agreements (DUAs), Data Transfer Agreements (DTAs), and compliance systems (e.g., Insight/eIRB).
• Ability to draft, review, and support manuscript preparation (tables, figures, formatting).

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Health, Health Administration, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Nursing, or related health/life science field required.
• Master’s degree in public health (MPH), Health Administration (MHA), Clinical Research, Biomedical Engineering, Health Informatics, Nursing Science, or related…