Neuroimaging Clinical Research Coordinator

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals to advance our mission as a not-for-profit supporting patient care, research, teaching, and community service. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us.

About the role

Following established policies, procedures, and study protocols, provides assistance on clinical research studies, including recruiting, evaluating, and consenting patients for studies; collecting and organizing patient data; scheduling patients for study visits; performing clinical tests such as phlebotomy, EKGs, etc.; and maintaining and updating data generated by the study. Candidates who are in the process of completing their bachelor's degree have a six-month grace period from their hire date (up to one year if starting on a per diem basis) to provide degree equivalency verification.

Responsibilities

• Reviews proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines; verifies that all sponsor requirements are met.
• Recruiting patients for clinical trials and conducting phone interviews.
• Verifies the accuracy of study forms and updates them per protocol.
• Prepares data for analysis and data entry.
• Documents patient visits and procedures.
• Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC Procedures.
• Assists with interviewing study subjects.
• Assists with study regulator submissions.
• Scan Acquisition (Participant-facing) (~60%)
  • Follow all safety protocols to ensure participant well-being during image acquisition portions of study visits.
  • Ensure image acquisition quality standards are maintained across the imaging and assisting CRC groups.
  • Ensure all scanner protocols are correctly followed during image acquisition.
  • Perform frontline image quality checks and quality control.
• Image Processing (~30%)
  • Processing, QC and basic analysis of structural MRI data with FreeSurfer.
  • Supervising scripts and compute cluster submissions for ancillary processing pipelines.
  • Post visit meta-data entry.
  • Pipeline error checking and debugging.
  • Manual edits and reprocessing of image data.
  • Supervise the automated processing of PET data.
  • Basic QC of PET data and PET data processing outcomes.
  • Extraction and input of neuroimaging metrics to a centralized database.
  • Ensure completion of all processing steps and completeness of data repositories.
  • Collaborate with imaging specialists to rectify quality and processing issues.
• Additional duties (~10%)
  • Contribute to the preparation of scientific manuscripts/abstracts.
  • Contribute to the documentation of processing scripts and pipelines.
  • Assist in the training and oversight of new study staff.
  • Assist in the evaluation of new harmonization methods for imaging data.
  • Assist in the generation and update of standard operating procedures.
  • Assisting with administrative tasks.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study required. Relevant experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• 0-1 year of relevant research project work preferred.
• Careful attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Working knowledge of clinical research protocols.
• Ability to demonstrate respect and professionalism for subjects' rights and individual needs.

Benefits

In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable, and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth.

Pay

$21.00 - $29.01/hour

Schedule

• Scheduled weekly hours: 40
• Employee type: Regular
• Work shift: Day (United States of America)
• Remote type: Onsite
• Work location: 149 Thirteenth Street Building 149