Research Assistant II (Student)

About the role

The Imperial County Clinical Research Network (ICCRN) is building the infrastructure (personnel, systems, policies, and procedures) for clinical research within the rural community of Imperial County, CA. Through ICCRN, SDSU and SDSU IV scientists and Innercare, a Federally Qualified Health Center, have partnered to develop a research agenda and associated infrastructure to support research across different diseases and health conditions to address health differences. Leveraging the existing relationships between these organizations, this National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)-funded initiative serves a hard-to-reach population in Southern California, with implications to other rural communities. Among other activities, ICCRN brings together advisory committees (clinician, community stakeholders and patients) to inform research priorities and associated infrastructure needs relevant to the health and well-being of Imperial County residents. ICCRN supports three research projects working with the healthcare partner organization. Further, ICCRN collaborates with another Clinical Research Network site and a coordinating center. The ultimate goal of this effort is to identify relevant, feasible, sustainable, and potentially translatable approaches for promoting health and well-being in rural, border communities in the U.S.

Under direction of the ICCRN Research Manager, the Student Research Assistant (RA) will provide assistance and support to the ICCRN Research Manager and research team in conducting ICCRN activities. Activities are focused on both infrastructure and protocol development for ICCRN. This position will provide an opportunity to gain experience supporting a clinical network site as well as exposure to clinical research methods. The Student RA will primarily support and assist ICCRN research through the editing, refining, adapting, and proofreading a range of policies and procedures documents, tracking mechanisms, reports, and other research and research administration activities required to support the management of ICCRN. The Student RA may also support project-specific activities related to processing of data.

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the writing, editing, proofreading, maintenance, and adaptation of a range of research-related documents, such as research protocols and procedures manuals, how-to guides, tracking spreadsheets, administrative forms and reports to support the development and management of generalizable ICCRN research resources and templates
• Adapting documents and written content to develop standardized health-related research resources
• Assisting with creating forms or simple surveys as needed to gather the required information for report and documentation preparation
• Assisting in creating and maintaining tracking system for ICCRN progress
• Contributing to preparation and submission of annual NIH progress reports and other compliance documentation, including IRB applications
• Participating in various ICCRN meetings as requested
• Supporting activities to evaluate ICCRN progress and activities
• Assisting with ICCRN data management and data quality control activities
• Assist with preparing research data and supporting documentation for submission to approved data repositories
• Responding to emails and inquiries in a timely and professional manner
• Maintaining routine communication with supervisor and others providing assignments to ensure coordination and implementation of assigned activities are on target and within established deadlines
• Learning new software applications, such as REDCap or SPSS, as needed to support work assignments
• Ensuring compliance with SDSURF policies and procedures across all functions listed above
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Currently enrolled at SDSU
• Reside in California and live within a commutable distance from SDSU at time of hire
• Completion of sufficient lower division coursework OR equivalent of one year related experience in lieu of coursework
• Job offer contingent upon satisfactory clearance based on background check results (including a criminal record check)

Skills

• Strong computer skills (e.g., MS Word, MS Excel,