This specific Research Assistant II (RA2) position will support the Vice Chair for Addiction Psychiatry, Dr. Amy Yule, on research projects within the Department of Psychiatry. The main project the RA2 will be involved with is a community-based clinical program targeted towards adolescents and young adults with frequent substance use and psychosis symptoms. The Research Assistant II duties will include, tracking patient participation in the program, administering baseline and follow-up questionnaires, entering and updating data, maintaining databases, running reports, providing meeting support, and performing other administrative tasks.
Position: Research Assistant II, Psychiatry Research
Location: Boston, MA
Schedule: 40 hours per week, On-site
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POSITION SUMMARY:
The RA2 will oversee the administrative aspects of the grant and interact with study subjects, clinical research coordinators, study investigators, work study students and other research staff. Duties include assisting with patient recruitment, scheduling study visits, administering questionnaires, creating and filing case report forms, entering and updating data, maintaining databases, running reports, storing samples, and performing other administrative tasks. The RA2 maintains contact with the participating sites to insure complete and timely data collection, maintains patient profiles, assists with documenting financial and budgetary needs of the grant, and supports the research team with the preparation of data and reports. Oversees work of Research Assistants, along with training and orientation.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides assistance in the development of reports, presentations, and data analysis. Assists in data collection and provides feedback on study’s progress.
- Recruits subjects to participate in the study by using approved methodologies. Makes independent judgements of suitability of potential participants for clinical trials. Develops and implements patent recruitment strategies.
- Conducts the enrollment of study participants, including explaining research procedures, and obtaining informed consent of subjects and/or their families.
- Schedules appointments of study participants; conducts reminder phone calls and/or sends mailouts.
- Reviews the data collection forms for each enrollee for completion and quality; checks work of junior staff performing data entry to ensure timely and accurate entry. Recommends changes to protocols and evaluates data.
- Assists Investigators with manuscript and presentation preparation and research. Conducts literature searches.
- Oversees work of research assistants. Provides technical guidance to junior staff.
