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UCSF•San Francisco, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

This position supports the Principal Investigator (PI), as Project Director, independently carrying out a broad range of research responsibilities, including hiring, training, and supervising staff; being the main bridge between field operations and study leadership; directing the Community and Scientific “Advisory Boards; developing study materials such as questionnaires; working with the data manager to ensure data are accurate and stored properly; maintaining IRB approval for all study activities; contributing to the preparation and dissemination of study products such as conference presentations and manuscripts. The incumbent supervises staff who work with departments, patients, and families to use clinical research techniques. Receives assignments in the form of objectives with goals and the processes by which to attain them. Coordinates study participant interview space. Directs the Community Advisory Board and Scientific Advisory Board, which provide study guidance. Leads pilot testing of study tools and resources that precede main study activities. Supervises daily operations, and performance requirements. Has oversight for staffing, performance management, and programmatic workflow of project. Specifically, the position involves a program of clinical studies aimed at identifying risk factors unique to safety net patients and people living with HIV (PLWH), which will inform health care delivery. Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI), the incumbent will initiate, plan, manage and analyze resulting data from observational studies. The individual will be responsible for hiring and managing support staff, which will entail supervising all support staff work activities. As such the individual will be responsible for training and evaluation of support staff. The individual will be the direct link between study staff and study investigators. The individual will work with the study data manager to coordinate data management and analysis. In conjunction with the PI and other analytic staff, the incumbent will contribute to the interpretation and communication of study findings (e.g., conference presentations and publications). In addition, the incumbent will organize and lead regular meetings with investigators, project staff. In conjunction with investigators and other teams, the individual will author the study protocol, study forms, applications to the Institutional Review Board and other data-related documents related to the project.

Requirements

Broad range of research responsibilities
Supervision of staff
Experience with clinical research techniques
Ability to coordinate study participant interview space
Experience directing advisory boards
Experience leading pilot testing of study tools
Oversight for staffing, performance management, and programmatic workflow
Experience initiating, planning, managing, and analyzing observational study data
Experience hiring and managing support staff
Experience training and evaluating support staff
Ability to act as a direct link between study staff and investigators
Experience coordinating data management and analysis
Contribution to interpretation and communication of study findings
Experience organizing and leading meetings with investigators and project staff
Experience authoring study protocols, forms, and IRB applications

Responsibilities

Hiring, training, and supervising staff
Acting as the main bridge between field operations and study leadership
Directing the Community and Scientific Advisory Boards
Developing study materials such as questionnaires
Working with the data manager to ensure data accuracy and proper storage
Maintaining IRB approval for all study activities
Contributing to the preparation and dissemination of study products (conference presentations, manuscripts)
Supervising staff who work with departments, patients, and families using clinical research techniques
Coordinating study participant interview space
Directing the Community Advisory Board and Scientific Advisory Board
Leading pilot testing of study tools and resources
Supervising daily operations and performance requirements
Overseeing staffing, performance management, and programmatic workflow
Initiating, planning, managing, and analyzing data from observational studies
Hiring and managing support staff, including supervising all their work activities
Training and evaluating support staff
Acting as the direct link between study staff and study investigators
Coordinating data management and analysis with the study data manager
Contributing to the interpretation and communication of study findings
Organizing and leading regular meetings with investigators and project staff
Authoring the study protocol, study forms, applications to the Institutional Review Board, and other data-related documents