Title: Clinical Research Associate

Location: Hybrid 1 day on site in New York, NY

Duration: 6 month Contract with opportunity to extend

Position Summary:

• This initiative aims to answer key research questions needed to advance the scientific community’s understanding of Long COVID and discover effective therapeutics to address it.
• The Clinical Research Associate position is part of the Clinical Science Core (CSC) whose main purpose is to facilitate the acquisition of quality data for the neurocognitive and mental health measures obtained from pediatric subjects and their caregivers at the multiple hubs and sites that rely upon the CSC for central management of neurocognitive and mental health data acquisition.
• For the main purpose, the Clinical Research Associate will: facilitate training of site personnel in measure administration; conduct regular meetings of site personnel to monitor progress and acquisition of quality data; coordinate information gathered in regular meetings with the CSC Pediatric Psychologist responsible for managing all training and acquisition of neurocognitive and mental health data.
• This is an interdepartmental effort that spans the Office of Science and Research, Department of Medicine, Department of Population Health and Medical Center IT.
• Reporting to the CSC Pediatric Psychologist, the Clinical Research Associate takes responsibility for working with our research partners and a large network of participating clinical research sites to implement the study protocol and monitor study recruitment.

Job Responsibilities:

• Support the development, preparation, and revision of the training materials and training activities required for sites to administer, score, and enter data from measures of neurocognitive and mental health functioning.
• Conduct weekly meetings with assigned sites to obtain information on data acquisition, data processing, and data entry.
• Report on a twice-weekly basis on issues encountered at each site to the CSC Pediatric Psychologist.
• Provide directives to site personnel based upon review of issues with the CSC Pediatric Psychologist.
• Monitor on a daily basis report of findings that trigger subject safety and health responses and report those to the CSC Pediatric Psychologist.
• Provide recommended steps to be taken by site clinical agents to inform subject caregivers of follow up needs after safety and health triggers have been reviewed by the CSC Pediatric Psychologist.
• Prepare for and schedule yearly in-person site visits.
• Prepare for and schedule yearly training meetings for site personnel to account for turnover in personnel gathering, scoring, and entering neurocognitive and mental health data.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in a scientific field, business, healthcare administration or a related field
• 3 years' experience in academic or other clinical research environment, or related area with demonstrated analysis and facilitation skills.
• Experience with clinical research studies required. Experience managing multi-site studies and working with large and diverse networks of clinical research sites is preferred.
• Experience and knowledge of applicable regulations and guidance documents.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree