Research Area Specialist Senior​/Intermediate; TERM LIMITED

Research Area Specialist Senior/Intermediate (TERM LIMITED)

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology is looking for an experienced Research Program Coordinator to join our to the IMPACT project and other projects run by this PI. The successful candidate will be crucial in providing support for clinical research studies and the daily management of multiple research initiatives focused on improving the health of pregnant individuals, women, transgender, and nonbinary people.

The ideal candidate will assist with logistical and operational tasks and will engage with several collaborators, team members, and study participants. The Research Program Coordinator will ensure that research is conducted in accordance with the University of Michigan's guidelines for good clinical practice. This is primarily a remote position and requires some onsite attendance for events and meetings up to quarterly.

This position will require the selected candidate to contribute significantly to the research project design, data collection and analysis of a wide array of health services / clinical projects hosted within the larger Gender Affining Care research area. The successful applicant is expected to work closely with the research team as well as independently on specific tasks under the supervision of the PI.

Study Activities

• Develops, designs and conducts multiple large and complex research projects
• Assist with writing detailed research protocols that make use of qualitative and quantitative methods
• Developing standard operation procedures and manual of operations for studies
• Oversee the implementation and operations of research protocols for multiple studies
• Maintain a detailed knowledge of all assigned protocols and reporting requirements; adhere to all protocol requirements to ensure the validity of clinical research data
• Participate in the development, testing, and evaluation of manuals, questionnaires, and data collection instruments, for the efficient collection of data
• Coordinate with study teams locally and at other institutions, to stay up to date on study protocols and other relevant research tasks
• Recruit research participants; verify patient eligibility for studies; consent participants; interview patients; collect patient specimens and other patient data from a variety of sources
• Actively retain participants; maintain contact with participants; schedule follow-up visits
• Assist with database creation; enter data into the database(s); assist in implementing data validation and a data management
• Maintain research files
• Track study progress and create reports noting progress
• Communicate with industry, federal, and other sponsors
• Perform other duties as assigned

Administrative

• Ensure project grant objectives are completed according to project timelines.
• Draft letters of support for grants, faculty/resident/fellowship activities
• Plan, schedule, and provide support for research meetings, events, and gatherings
• Create meeting resources, research summaries, identify funding opportunities, develop statistical comparisons, develop and maintain agendas, and generate and distribute meeting minutes.
• Will develop line item budgets for project activities and grants.
• Develop and maintain project website.
• Coordinate efforts and help streamline workflow across the study team.
• Conduct data verification, analysis, and assist with interpretation of research results
• First contact for external collaborators and data
• Triage complex data concerns appropriately
• Routinely monitors integrity, quality, and security of data collection for multiple research databases.
• Communicate consistently with team members, supervisors, and colleagues, providing input on project goals, objectives, and operations.
• Acts as a liaison or point of contact between investigators, research teams, sponsors, other universities, cooperative groups, other internal and external departments to get questions answered and issues resolved
• Assist with human resource activities participating in the interviewing and training of new research staff on study…