Coordinator Field Research - Infectious Diseases

Location: St. Louis

## Coordinator Field Research - Infectious Diseases Apply remote type:
On Campus/Onsite locations:
Washington University Medical Campus time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
JR95066#
** Scheduled Hours
** 40#
** Position Summary
** The Field Research Coordinator will support complex, community- and clinic-based research projects by helping the PI coordinate study design, field implementation, data collection, analysis, reporting, and partner communication across U.S. and international study sites.

This role offers a unique growth path, including direct oversight of daily field operations, study-site coordination, procurement and financial tracking, staff training, participant screening/enrollment support, protocol adherence, and regular communication with local and international collaborators. The coordinator may also represent the PI in-country, participate directly in fieldwork, support data management and basic quantitative/qualitative analyses, assist with grant reporting and manuscripts, and develop presentation-ready materials for academic and partner audiences.  

Preferred qualifications include a master’s degree or relevant experience in public health, clinical research, implementation science, global health, or a related field; strong written and oral communication skills; experience working in multicultural environments; demonstrated problem-solving ability; confidence in coordinating research teams across multiple sites; and familiarity with clinical research protocols, data systems, literature reviews, presentations, and publication support. The role may require international travel, time on project sites, alternative work schedules, exposure to patient care settings, and the use of protective devices when needed.#

** Job Description
**** Primary

Duties & Responsibilities:

*** Serves as responsible for collaborating with the Principal Investigator (PI) on the design, data analysis and reporting of research projects.
* Maintains and establishes ongoing professional communication with all sponsors, project partners and collaborators. This includes entities that are based in the US and in foreign countries.
* Provides project implementation and oversight in the field, including study team member coordination, data management, data collection and daily study site operation management.
* Monitors performance metrics for the trial, observes and reports trends.
* Performs complex analyses, experiments and project work under general direction of the PI.
* Serves as a representative for PI in country and ensure procedures and protocols are adhered to consistently and effectively meet the department’s standard.
* Exhibits a high degree of independent problem solving and ability to conduct research on assigned projects.
* Serves as liaison with external research partners and support communication between study team members locally and internationally.
* Acts as a member of the field research team by directly participating in the field work.
* Serves as responsible for all daily field operations of the project, including financial management, procurement, data collection and monitoring.
* Provides guidance and direction to other members of the field research team in the conduction, implementation and evaluation of the clinical research through daily communication.
* Works with staff to identify, screen and enroll study subjects; ensuring labs and data are obtained according to established protocol through online communication and foreign country site visits.
* Trains new staff and may serve as lead or as a point of reference for other research staff for questions, staff scheduling, feedback on performance.
* Plans, develops, organizes and formalizes research results and findings.
* Develops presentations for and/or present on behalf of PI.
* Performs data analysis and data management including generation of publication quality materials such as tables and graphs for manuscripts and grants.
* Conducts basic quantitative and qualitative analyses using various statistical and graphing programs for progress reports oral presentations and publications.
* Conducts literature searches related to research…