Job Description

Status

Full-Time

Standard Hours per Week

40

Job Posting Category

Research

Job Posting Description

The Department of Psychiatry has an opening for a full-time Clinical Research Assistant I in the Neuroscience of Risk and Development (NeRD) Laboratory at Boston Children’s Hospital. The NeRD lab uses a developmental framework to identify risk markers for, and biological mechanisms that underlie, severe psychiatric disorders. In this position, the Clinical Research Assistant I will contribute to the day-to-day research activities as part of a NIH-funded multi-site U01 study that the Principal Investigator (Maria Jalbrzikowski, PhD) is leading with other co-investigators. Together, the study sites make up the Pediatric Precision Sleep Network, which seeks to identify clinically relevant sleep signatures that predispose youth to future mental health risks and develop predictive models based on these clinical signatures to inform screening and risk stratification in primary care settings. The Clinical Research Assistant I will also assist with running additional, ongoing studies being conducted in the laboratory.

Key Responsibilities

• Advancing ongoing research projects under the supervision of NeRD lab director.
• Actively recruiting and scheduling subjects for studies, communicating in written, telephone, and verbal formats with young people and their families, obtaining informed consent from participants/families, administering clinical interviews and questionnaires with participants/families, and conducting other study procedures, such as teaching participants to wear at-home sleep-EEG devices.
• Tracking, coordinating and preparing the necessary documentation for Institutional Review Board (IRB) submissions together with the Principal Investigator of the study and/ or other members of the research team.
• Conducting research activities at both on-site and off-site locations, guiding and advising participants/families through all phases of study participation, and serving as a liaison to participants/families enrolled in the research studies.
• Coordinating follow up visits as necessary.
• Facilitating regulatory compliance and participating in teleconference calls and weekly team meetings.
• Maintaining databases and conducting literature searches to support publication efforts.
• Monitoring and reviewing data collection, data entry, and informed consent procedures to ensure consistency of application for each study
• Assisting with general administrative tasks, including ordering and organizing project materials and coordinating activities such as virtual & in-person meetings.

• A bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g. life sciences, psychology, public health) or a bachelor’s degree and relevant work experience.

• Well-developed communication skills to provide critical information to young people and parents/families, work collaboratively on a team, and effectively deal with conflicting views or issues.
• Flexible schedule, including some later evenings and weekend upwards of twice per week

• Previous experience with human subjects research is highly preferred.
• Experience using Redcap is desirable but not required.
• A 2-year commitment is highly preferred.
• Experience working with young people and parents/families is desirable

Office/Site Location

Brookline

Regular, Temporary, Per Diem

Regular

Remote Eligibility

Part Remote/Hybrid

Pay Range

$41246.40-$61339.20 Annual