Research Assistant II Department of Psychiatry

Research Assistant II Department of Psychiatry(Job )

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Research Assistant II Department of Psychiatry

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St. Michael's Hospital

The Department of Psychiatry Research Interest Group, St. Joseph’s Hospital, is currently looking for a Research Assistant
. We are a collaborative, clinician-led initiative dedicated to advancing innovative mental health research across diverse areas of psychiatry. Our research spans consultation-liaison psychiatry, psychosocial oncology, palliative care, neuromodulation, bariatric psychiatry, early psychosis, and quality improvement, employing both quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches to address clinically relevant questions and improve patient care. Research assistants will have the opportunity to contribute to all stages of the research process, including ethics submissions, participant recruitment, data collection and analysis, manuscript preparation, and knowledge translation, while working closely with an interdisciplinary team of clinicians, researchers, and trainees.

The primary role of the Research Assistant includes providing essential assistance, organizational and administrative support to research projects.

• Collect, compile, update and provide basic statistical information and other data to generate and prepare reports and other documentation to support study related data and create data abstracts.
• Collect and assist in the processing and compilation, verification, maintenance, and archiving of research data.
• Collect, transcribe, organize, quality control, and data entry for study related data.
• Support the preparation of forms (e.g., reimbursement forms, REB applications, contract submission forms).
• REB submission reviews
• May be the point of contact for external and internal partners for data collection purposes.
• May engage in data processing activities as needed for the project (i.e., Cleaning/coding data in specific programs).
• Conduct general coding/analysis of qualitative data.
• May assist research team with manuscript and report writing, including writing abstracts for papers, conferences, and 1-page summaries, and the creation of endnote files.
• Support manuscript preparation (providing overviews of methodology, and data collection metrics), and submission
• Perform literature searches/data mining on requested topics through databases and provide relevant articles to PI or research team.
• Interact with various departments such as pharmacy, laboratories, medical records, etc. and with internal and external stakeholders in order to provide administrative support.
• Collect feedback from multiple partners on projects re: proposals, manuscripts, and dissemination tools, including record keeping of feedback and changes to authorship order.
• Interpretation and analysis of data
• Act as the on-site point of contact for the studies at participating community/healthcare organizations.
• Administer quantitative surveys to study participants at participating community organizations using online survey tool (data collection).
• Provide feedback to participants and research staff and arranges follow-ups, as required.
• Develop / maintain trusted relationships with participants, on- and off-site staff, community site contacts and stakeholders.
• Recruit study participants through various means, sometimes in collaboration with study team or staff at participating community organizations.
• Screen participants and obtain required documentation.
• Schedule interviews and participants.
• Develop and maintain accurate records of participant’s data and progress during projects (including eligibility criteria, recruitment info, sample collections, follow-up, and results of tests, and other relevant information).
• Complete…