Expedited Review Specialist; Remote - Human Resource Protection Office Reserve

Position: Expedited Review Specialist (Remote) - Human Resource Protection Office Reserve
Location: St. Louis

* Reviews biomedical and behavioral research studies for compliance with Federal regulations and Institutional (WUSTL/IRB) policies and procedures. Identifies issues or concerns that must be addressed in order to approve the research under the expedited procedure. Research reviews will include new studies, modifications to currently approved research, and continuing reviews.
* Provides justification for expedited classification or refer the submission to the full board committee if expedited classification is found not to be appropriate.
* Communicates with investigators to facilitate the review process while incorporating complex scientific and regulatory language and concepts, in addition to relevant ethical concerns, if any. Contingencies (requests for changes or clarifications) should include standard statements from myIRB manual, regulatory guidance and education as applicable. Communications must be clear, concise and grammatically correct.
* Maintains a working knowledge of current regulations, guidelines and trends influencing the conduct of human subject research.
* Provides guidance to research coordinators and investigators that are preparing IRB applications.
* Provides help services to include an on-call phone line service and Office Hours. Consults with other experts as needed to conduct informed, qualitative review of biomedical and behavioral research involving human participants. Experts may include physician-scientists or other clinical professionals, scientists in the social-behavioral-educational sciences, and institutional colleagues in research administration.
* Serves as a primary reviewer and voting member of a convened IRB.
* Serves as a resource for other IRB members. Performs educational presentations (formal and informal) to HRPO colleagues, to WU research community and at national meetings of IRB professionals.
* Participates in special projects, development of guidance documents and/or quality assurance/improvement assessments.
* Other duties as assigned.
* Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
* Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
* Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
* WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
* WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

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