Research Assistant, Innovations Unit (Neurology)
About The Position
The Department of Neurology is seeking a Research Assistant to support the Innovations Unit with research data management, study coordination, documentation, and operational activities across clinical research studies. The position contributes to tracking innovation implementation and impact across trials and supports research teams, collaborators, and external study partners. The Research Assistant runs routine and ad hoc reports, uses standard tools and computer programs to review data, supports data cleaning and table preparation, and leads basic data collection and entry activities. The role may also lead specific tasks and develop processes to help study activities run effectively and efficiently; conduct literature searches; design and format papers and publications; and assist principal investigators with summaries of papers for policy briefs or other channels. Additional work includes maintaining study-level tracking logs and summaries to document innovation implementation and impact across multiple trials; coordinating research materials such as study documents, standard operating procedures, abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and internal reports; and serving as a liaison for research communications, scheduling, and coordination with internal teams, collaborators, and external study partners. Other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, subject to the stated education and experience substitution policy.
- Awareness-level analytical skills.
- Awareness-level attention to detail.
- Awareness-level data management and analysis skills.
- Awareness-level formatting and layout proficiency.
- Awareness-level information-gathering skills.
- Awareness-level oral and written communication skills.
- Awareness-level organizational skills.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of relational databases such as REDCap or Prelude.
- Knowledge of a modern programming language.
Responsibilities
- Run routine and ad hoc reports.
- Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
- Assist with data cleaning to ensure data accuracy and prepare tables.
- Lead basic data collection and data entry activities.
- Lead specific tasks and develop processes to ensure study activities occur effectively and efficiently, as needed.
- Conduct literature searches to support faculty research efforts, as needed.
- Design and format papers and publications, as needed.
- Assist principal investigators in writing paper summaries for policy briefs or other channels, as needed.
- Track and document innovation implementation and impact across multiple clinical research trials, including maintaining study-level tracking logs and summaries.
- Support preparation and coordination of research materials, including study documents, standard operating procedures, abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and internal reports.
- Coordinate research-related communications and scheduling with internal teams, collaborators, and external study partners.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
