CRC Asst

About the role

The incumbent coordinates and manages human clinical research studies focusing on the effects of maternal stress and related biobehavioral processes during pregnancy on various health outcomes. Studies involve both wet-lab work and skills with human primary stem cell culture.

Responsibilities

• Screens, recruits, schedules, and retains study participants
• Collects psychological, behavioral, biological, and clinical data at study visits
• Abstracts data from medical records
• Manages research databases
• Isolates and cultures stem cells from newborn blood and tissues
• Processes and stores biospecimens (blood, saliva, urine)
• Conducts infant non-invasive scans/phenotyping (skinfold, anthropometric measurements, MRI)
• Coordinates and attends weekly research team meetings
• Supervises junior staff and students
• Oversight of research protocols/procedures
• Preparation of regulatory documentation for IRB
• Liaison with collaborating departments/institutions (ICTS, CCR, UCI Labor & Delivery unit, off-site research partners)

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree from an accredited college/university
• Knowledge of and experience with the clinical research process, including recruitment, biospecimen collection and processing, and data management
• Ability to communicate effectively with study participants (adults, infants and children) and staff
• Demonstrated organizational skills, and ability to manage competing priorities
• Able to assess problems and make sound/ethical decisions
• Knowledge of computer applications; comfortable learning and working with new programs

Qualifications

• Experience in aseptic technique and cell culture is an asset
• Fluency in spoken and written Spanish is strongly preferred
• Current phlebotomy license or willingness to obtain license
• Experience with handling biological specimens and laboratory processing procedures
• Experience with collection of anthropometric measures (weight, height, circumference measures, skinfold thicknesses)
• Training in effective handling practices of infants who are undergoing MRI/DTI/DXA scans

Skills

• Effective communication with study participants (adults, infants and children) and staff
• Organizational skills and ability to manage competing priorities
• Clear and concise writing
• Able to assess problems and make sound/ethical decisions
• Knowledge of computer applications; comfortable learning and working with new programs
• Experience with primary tissue culture or molecular biology techniques
• Experience working in a clinical research setting and in human subjects recruitments
• Experience working with pregnant women, newborns, infants, and children
• Current phlebotomy license or willingness to obtain license
• Experience with handling biological specimens and laboratory processing procedures
• Experience with collection of anthropometric measures (weight, height, circumference measures, skinfold thicknesses)
• Training in effective handling practices of infants who are undergoing MRI/DTI/DXA scans

Benefits

Includes medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. For more information, please visit the following page - Total Rewards.

Pay

Salary range listed below. For more details, please refer to the Total Rewards page.

Schedule

Flexible schedule; ability to work some evenings and weekends. For more details, please refer to the Conditions of Employment page.