Clinical Research Coordinator

The Stanford Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology is seeking a skilled, detail-oriented, motivated, collaborative Clinical Research Operations Assistant Director (CRC3) to join the Immune Behavioral Health/ PANS Research Team . The Stanford Immune Behavioral Health (IBH) Clinical Research Program operates adjacent a pediatric multidisciplinary clinic established in 2012 to care for patients with infection-associated neuropsychiatric deteriorations and co-morbid inflammatory conditions (i.e. arthritis, vascular inflammation, etc) symptoms.

Led by PI Dr. Jennifer Frankovich, the research program collects longitudinal clinical data and biospecimens to carry out research looking at the immune system, proteomics, microbiome, metabolomics, and genomics at Stanford and with collaborators/ basic scientists globally with the ultimate goal of better understanding the underpinnings of illness and improving diagnosis, care, and treatment for affected individuals.

The Program’s hopeful Clinical Research Operations Assistant Director will work under the general direction of faculty and alongside leadership to develop, implement, and administer the vision, strategy, and goals of the assigned academic entity/program(s). Incumbent will provide operational and scientific leadership for the clinical research program. The role will oversee the current clinical database and biorepository; coordinate alignment with the new Aurora database;

direct data-field design, validation, and cleaning; maintain database and biorepository SOPs; and oversee data and sample intake across current (Menlo Park) and any future sites. The incumbent will also oversee the Healthy Control Project, clinical research space and specimen storage, and 2-3 research assistants supporting database, biorepository, compliance, sample-distribution, and study activities.

Additional responsibilities include directing approved sample distributions and timelines; overseeing clinical data analyses and clinical-characteristics tables; coordinating annual IRB renewals, updates, amendments, and new submissions; and leading development, distribution, analysis, refinement, and publication of Delphi consensus questionnaires. The incumbent will design and implement new clinical studies, train study personnel, interpret results, and lead or contribute to abstracts, presentations, manuscripts, and grant applications.

The role will provide clinical perspective to epidemiologists and basic scientists, coordinate student engagement with program leadership, and progressively assume responsibility for monitoring and managing the clinical research budget. The successful candidate will be highly organized, analytically strong, proactive, collaborative, and committed to research integrity, participant confidentiality, and a positive working environment.

Duties include:

• Oversee subject recruitment and study enrollment goals. Determine effective strategies for promoting/recruiting research participants and retaining participants in long-term clinical trials.
• Monitor and oversee data management for research projects. Develop and manage systems to organize, collect, report, and monitor data collection. Extract, analyze, and interpret data.
• Develop project schedules, targets, measurements, and accountabilities, as assigned. Lead team meetings and prepare/approve minutes.
• Supervision of staff or students, as assigned, including hiring, performance management and coaching; mentoring and training of staff and assistance with preparation of performance evaluations for staff who do not directly report to this role, and performing related duties, in addition to instruction on project work.
• Audit operations, including performing internal monitoring, to ensure…