Research Assistant Dialysis Research

Research Assistant Dialysis Research

Dialysis Research is currently looking for a Research Assistant I for the St. Michael’s and St. Joseph’s Research Teams.

The primary role of the Research Assistant I includes providing essential assistance, organizational and administrative support to research projects at a basic level. Tasks may include collecting and recording data through survey and in-depth interviewing, processing of data, following research procedures, screening of study participants including obtaining consent (if applicable), labeling and shipping samples and study related material. In general, the role provides project support for the Research team and Principal Investigators.

Research Assistants also contribute to the funding and grant processes by providing information, helping quality check documentation, and liaising with internal and external partners. Research may take place in a clinical, community, or laboratory setting and thus tasks may vary depending on the nature of the research.

This is an entry level role with potential for progression to level II and potentially Research Coordination. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that people in underrepresented communities are less likely to apply to jobs when they don’t meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building an inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly.

• General office (incld. virtual) duties, e.g., filing, mailings, courier services, photocopying, printing, scanning, distributing information etc. Orders supplies, maintains inventory, and ensures supplies are accessible to research staff.
• Organizes office/lab space.
• Maintains calendars and manages complex scheduling requests.
• Develops correspondence and other relevant documentation, including letters, memos, reports, invoices, abstracts, forms etc. to support the activities of the research team and Principal Investigator.
• Reviews slides for webinars, written study reports, scientific meetings, and conferences.
• Organizes video/teleconference meetings for research studies, including contacting attendees, and preparing meeting materials.
• Participates in database processing and management.
• Coordinates communication between team, and external partners.
• Prepares REB/CTO submissions relative to the initiation and conduct of individual studies. Registers study protocols.
• Collects conflict of interest forms.
• Helps maintain CVs of the PIs, and external partners.
• Updates monitoring logs i.e., 70 freezer logs, sample storage logs, etc.

• Collects, transcribes, organizes, quality controls, and enters study related data.
• Collects, compiles, updates, and provides basic statistical information, and other data to generate and prepare reports and other documentation to support study related data.
• Interacts with various departments such as pharmacy, laboratories, medical records, etc., and with internal and external stakeholders in order to provide administrative support.
• Performs literature searches/data mining on requested topics through databases and provide relevant articles to PI or research team.
• Understands, interprets, and processes data.
• May assist with manuscript and report writing, and literature reviews.
• Collects feedback from multiple partners on projects re: proposals, manuscripts, and dissemination tools (sometimes >50 authors) including record keeping of feedback and changes to authorship order.

• Screens participants and obtains required documentation including obtaining consent.
• Collects data via phone calls, interviews.
• Recruits study participants, in collaboration with study team or staff at participating community organizations.
• Schedules interviews and participants.
• Follows strict protocols for participant interactions.
• Acts as the on-site point of contact for the studies at participating community/healthcare organizations.
• Administers quantitative surveys to study participants…