Project Director

University of Washington Medical Center•Seattle, WA

6d•$85,008 - $95,004

About The Position

The Department of Child, Family, & Population Health Nursing has an outstanding opportunity for a full-time Project Director position. Working in a multidisciplinary research team under the leadership of the Principal Investigator, the Project Director will develop, implement, and oversee data collection protocols for a new national study that builds on a previous multisite, longitudinal study. The project will recruit 468 female participants (ages 35-40) from locations across the country to complete a follow-up visit, including a physical exam, blood draw, and interviews. This new data collection will be merged with the existing database to test a series of analytical models focusing on women’s cardiometabolic health and biological aging over the life course. The Project Director will oversee the day-to-day operations of the project. The Project Director’s work will include: implementing subject recruitment procedures; overseeing research protocol procedures; developing and overseeing data entry and data management activities; assisting in hiring and supervising local staff and in-field study staff; maintaining spreadsheets and other systems for tracking project expenditures and projecting spending; preparing relevant portions of the annual progress report; reviewing on-going data for accuracy and completeness; merging on-going newly collected data with existing data; integrating on-going sources of data from external labs; conducting data analyses related to descriptive statistics; collaborating with study statistician to assist in conducting data analyses related to the study hypotheses; preparing data summaries to track study progress; and preparing written reports to assist the Principal Investigator with the dissemination of research findings in the context of conference presentations and primary and secondary manuscripts.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in a social sciences or other research-related field relevant to the study (e.g., nursing, pre-med, public health, health psychology, epidemiology).
2 or more years of relevant work experience implementing human subject data collection protocols, and conducting research involving health assessments and biological specimens
Previous experience implementing human subjects data collection protocols.
Previous experience conducting research involving health assessments and biological specimens.
Previous experience building and maintaining databases.
Previous experience conducting data analyses.
Excellent interpersonal skills working with individuals from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds.
Excellent problem-solving and organization skills with exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple competing priorities.
Excellent team-based skills are essential for working in a collaborative research environment.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience with blood collection and blood processing.
Previous experience conducting longitudinal human subjects studies.
Previous experience using platforms such as REDCap, SharePoint, and data analysis tools (e.g., SPSS).

Responsibilities

Implementing and overseeing recruitment and tracking procedures.
Implementing and overseeing data collection and data quality procedures.
Maintaining training procedures for study staff.
Building and maintaining the study database.
Conducting data analyses.
Overseeing sample recruitment and tracking (15%) Implementing and overseeing recruitment and tracking procedures.
Implementing and overseeing communications with subjects regarding recruitment and retention.
Implementing and overseeing sample retention procedures.
Troubleshooting challenges associated with recruitment and retention.
Overseeing data collection (40%): Implementing and overseeing scheduling procedures.
Implementing and overseeing data collection protocols and follow-up tasks.
Implementing and overseeing data quality procedures.
Troubleshooting challenges associated with data collection.
Building and maintaining a study database (30%): Conducting data quality checks.
Merging newly collected data with existing data.
Integrating sources of data from external labs.
Conducting data analyses related to descriptive statistics.
Assisting in conducting data analyses related to the main analyses.
Preparing data summaries to track study progress.
Preparing written reports to assist with conference presentations and manuscripts.
Overseeing staff training/performance and fiscal management/reporting (15%) Performing staff training to maintain high-quality performance of recruitment and data collection tasks.
Performing fiscal management tasks to maintain appropriate tracking, documentation, and compliance.