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The Clinical Research Coordinator for Translational Neurorecovery is primarily responsible for the performance of clinical research studies in the Laboratory for Translational Neurorecovery. These responsibilities include the careful execution and documentation of research evaluating recovery for people with stroke and other forms of neurologic injury.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Recruit participants into neurorecovery- and neurotechnology- focused research studies.

• Obtain informed consent forms from research participants.

• Learn, perform, and carefully document standardized clinical assessments of motor recovery.
• Arrange, schedule, and perform daily research sessions, requiring careful coordination and regular interaction with persons with stroke, care teams, and families/caregivers. These research sessions occur at MGH and collaborating institutions (Providence VA Medical Center).
• Learn and perform kinematic assessments of motor recovery using inertial sensors and robotics.
• Learn and perform basic neuroimaging (structural MRI) analyses.
• Learn and help with recording electroencephalography (EEG) using custom technology and software for assessment of motor recovery.
• Learn and help with the performance of non-invasive neurostimulation (i.e. transcranial magnetic stimulation) for analysis of motor recovery.
• Act as a study resource for patients and families.
• Contribute to research protocol recommendations
• Call participants in-between research sessions to check-in with ongoing research participation.
• Monitor and maintain research data, patient files, regulatory binders and study databases.
• Perform supervised data analysis.
• Work closely with lab PI and lab members in the Laboratory for Translational Neurorecovery.
• Assist with other neurorecovery and neurotechnology research projects.
• Attend regular lab meetings (in person or by videoconference).

Enhance web presence for research.

JOB SUMMARY

Summary
Following established policies, procedures, and study protocols, provides assistance on clinical research studies, including recruiting, evaluating, and consenting patients for studies; collecting and organizing patient data; scheduling patients for study visits; performing clinical tests such as phlebotomy, EKGs, etc.; maintaining and updating data generated by the study. Candidates who are in the process of completing their bachelor’s degree have a grace period of six months from their hire date (up to 1 year if starting per diem) to provide degree equivalency verification.
Does this position require Patient Care?
No

Essential Functions

• Reviews proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines; verify all sponsor requirements are met.
• Recruiting patients for clinical trials, conducts phone interviews.
• Verifies the accuracy of study forms and updates them per protocol.
• Prepares data for analysis and data entry.
• Documents patient visits and procedures.
• Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC Procedures.
• Assists with interviewing study subjects.
• Assists with study regulator submissions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education
Bachelor’s Degree Science required
Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
Yes
Licenses and Credentials
Experience
Some relevant research project work 0-1 year preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Careful attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Working knowledge of clinical research protocols.
• Ability to demonstrate respect and professionalism for subjects’ rights and individual needs.

• Reviews proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines; verify all sponsor requirements are met.
• Recruiting patients for clinical trials, conducts phone interviews.
• Verifies the accuracy of study forms and updates them per protocol.
• Prepares data for analysis and data entry.
• Documents patient visits and procedures.
• Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC Procedures.
• Assists with interviewing study subjects.
• Assists with study regulator submissions