Research Assistant

Georgetown University•Vinalhaven, ME

11d•$41,926 - $65,090•Onsite

About The Position

The Research Assistant for the Center for Health Equity at Georgetown University supports faculty and learner research projects, research infrastructure, and capacity-building activities for the Center for Health Equity and the Department of Family Medicine. The role manages multiple ongoing research projects through their development and implementation, including supervising work-study students and medical, graduate, and undergraduate student interns. It contributes to research design, IRB applications and processing, data analysis, and dissemination of study results. The position supports the Center for Health Equity Advisory Committee and its subcommittees, as well as the Area Health Education Center Advisory Committee and its subcommittees. Support includes scheduling, event planning, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, website and newsletter updates, dissemination, and other assignments from the Director and committee chairs. The Research Assistant also supports the Center Director, grant-related Principal Investigators, CAPRICORN Director, Department Administrator, and the department’s collaborative administrative and research teams. The role coordinates health-services and medical-education research and CAPRICORN, a practice-based research network of primary care providers in the DC metropolitan area. It also supports research-related budgets, grants, regulatory coordination, participant payments, supplies, communications, and other administrative functions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a health- or science-related field.
Certified Research Administration designation.
Maintain appropriate Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) training according to supported research projects and IRB protocols.
Knowledge of research methods, human research subject protection, Good Clinical Practices, FDA regulations, OMB Uniform Guidance, and NIH funding guidelines.
Analytical background and strong communication, writing, and editing skills.
Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
Knowledge of grants.gov, REDCap, SPSS or other statistical programs, Endnotes, Word, and Excel.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
At least one year of research experience as a student, including coursework, extramural research programs, or research administration.

Responsibilities

Oversee and assist ongoing studies, including research design, data management, study-material development, data analysis, and writing and editing scientific manuscripts for publication.
Submit institutional review board (IRB) applications and serve as the primary regulatory coordinator for IRB-related communications for the research division.
Help department faculty submit materials to and communicate with the IRB.
Supervise and train research assistants and medical, graduate, and undergraduate student interns.
Collect and analyze evaluative data for the residency program, including resident performance, patient satisfaction, and grant-related indicators.
Develop, edit, and prepare grant proposals, study protocols, and supporting documentation for federal, foundation, and private industry-sponsored funding agencies.
Coordinate and submit pre-award grant applications and reports with university and external research administration offices, subcontractors, subawardee investigators, and consultants.
Support researchers, research infrastructure, financial management functions, and capacity-building activities for the Center for Health Equity and Department of Family Medicine.
Coordinate research activities, including health-services research, medical-education research, and CAPRICORN.
Coordinate survey instruments and statistical programs for study use.
Support meetings and events, and present opportunities for recruitment and enrollment in practice-based research to faculty, residents, and staff.
Manage communications for the Scholarly Activity Working Group, department, and Center for Health Equity concerning grants, reports, projects, meetings, and events.
Assist the CAPRICORN Director and study investigators with developing and implementing project protocols and recruitment plans for subject and student involvement.
Oversee and assist medical, graduate, and undergraduate student independent-study and other short- and long-term learner research projects.
Prepare study budgets with the Principal Investigator and department administrator in accordance with applicable federal, sponsor, and institutional policies and guidelines.
Monitor budgets and grant-related and research expenses, and reconcile expense reports with the department administrator.
Manage study participant payments.
Complete sponsor annual progress reports and assist with financial reports.
Perform educational and research data entry and analysis.
Coordinate subcontractor, independent consultant, and other vendor invoices, payments, and contracts with department and university administrative offices.
Procure and manage inventory of research, laboratory, and general office supplies with support from the department administrative officer.