Senior Clinical Research Assistant
 McLean Hospital | |
 United States, Massachusetts, Belmont | |
| 115 Mill Street (Show on map) | |
 Mar 25, 2025 | |
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Summary
Working very independently with little guidance from the Director and Associate Director of the Schizophrenia and Bipolar Program, coordinates all activities of research area including but not limited to: Supervising the daily activities of research assistants, implementing, and maintaining quality assurance procedures, performing statistical analyses, designing research protocols with the laboratory's Principal Investigators. Does this position require Patient Care? No Essential Functions -Directly supervises the activities of Northeastern Co-Op students and student visitors working in the SBDP, including hiring, firing, performance evaluations and discipline of staff. -In collaboration with the Director, of the SBDP, develops, implements, and maintains an orientation and training program for all staff to include standard clinical procedures (e.g., ECG, phlebotomy), biohazard safety, and clinical assessments (e.g., SCID, ASI). -Coordinates all research study activities involving magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) for the laboratory. -Function as a resource for all issues concerning physiological recordings and behavioral task stimulus presentations (with Presentation software) in the scanner. -Identifies timing problems and develops solutions for data collection. -Designs, implements, and evaluates recruitment strategies for study participants to include flyer announcements, print media procedures, and electronic advertisements. -Interacts with research volunteer participants with regard to all SBDP-related studies, including patient education, counseling, procedural instruction, and follow-up. -Also serves as a liaison between participants and the study physician. -Responsible for overseeing the data collection and recording processes. -Ensures confidentiality and privacy of research volunteers' protected health information. -Implements and maintains quality assurance procedures for biohazardous materials in the SBDP laboratories and exam room. -Plans, designs, and performs statistical analyses on MRI and MRS data using FSL and FreeSurfer. -In collaboration with multiple Principal Investigators, develops and implements new research protocols, including design, data collection systems and IRB approval. -In collaboration with Principal Investigators, prepares and presents certain portions of presentations at scientific forums (McLean Research Day, Harvard Medical School Mysell Research Day), in addition to preparing articles for publication by contributing to writing elements of Introduction, Methods, Results or Discussion sections. -Responsible for directly supervising Clinical Research Assistants I and II in this area. -Trains and orients staff, in addition to hiring, firing, evaluating and disciplining. -Coordinates staffing and scheduling for SBDP research protocols. Education Physical Requirements
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