Clinical Research Assistant - Department of Surgery (Temporary)

Duties & Responsibilities

• Assist with recruitment, screening, and enrollment of study participants.
• Care for informed consents across active protocols.
• Distribute and collect study surveys.
• Conduct participant follow-up and assist with scheduling study visits.
• Maintain screening and enrollment logs.
• Care for blood draws, oversee the exercise intervention sessions, and ensure timely delivery of blood and tissue samples to the lab.
• Track study metrics and enrollment progress.

Data Management

• Enter, update, and maintain study and enrollee data in REDCap/Excel.
• Perform data quality checks and basic data cleaning.
• Organize and maintain study databases.

Regulatory & Compliance

• Afford assistance with maintaining and updating regulatory documents, as needed.
• Afford assistance with IRB submissions, amendments, and continuing reviews.
• Afford compliance with IRB regulatory requirements.

Research Engagement

• Attend various monthly and weekly research meetings.
• Afford assistance with literature searches and reference formatting for abstracts or manuscripts, as needed.