Research Support Specialist
- Miami, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Researches, collects, analyzes, and synthesizes data and maintains databases.
- Conducts quality assurance checks, reports on the status of research activities, and submits monthly activity logs for protocol.
- Organizes and coordinates community working group meetings for protocol activities.
- Serves as primary point of contact for community partners and supervises and oversees research data collection at protocol venues in the community.
- Reviews study progress, identifies areas of opportunity, and recommends solutions.
- Prepares and updates study research procedures manuals.
- Assists with the preparation of grant proposals by processing regulatory documents for all institutions and offices involved.
- Contributes to the publication and presentation of significant results and writes and edits material for publication and presentation.
- Maintains research files and responds to phone calls on the research study phone line.
- Adheres to University and unit-level policies and procedures and safeguards University assets.
- Participate in community events and activities to increase awareness of the project
- Help design and implement culturally appropriate recruitment strategies
- Maintains effective lines of communications (phone/emails) with potential and enrolled participants to ensure adherence to study goals and objectives are met.
- Recruit and enroll participants into the study including obtaining informed consent, conducting interviews and questionnaire completion with research participants according to detailed procedures and guidelines
- Conducting basic examinations such as height, weight, automated blood pressure readings, and hip waist ratios according to detailed procedures and guidelines
- Entering data, assisting with the creation and maintenance of databases
- Sources and recruits study participants by using databases, social media, hospitals, mental health clinics, shelter programs, etc.
- Prescreens and evaluates candidates for study participation.
- Visits appropriate referral sources (i.e. hospitals, clinics, etc.) to market clinical studies/trials and conducts face-to-face screenings and assessments to determine eligibility; communicates with family or persons involved in participant’s care.
- Provides analytical and well-documented recruiting reports to leadership
- Participating in ongoing UM and sponsor trainings
- Maintaining all required research certifications
- Assisting with other research and administrative activities as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience
- Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
- Ability to handle difficult and stressful situations with professional composure.
- Ability to maintain effective interpersonal relationships.
- Ability to understand and follow instructions.