Clinical Research Coordinator Jobs

Clinical Research Coordinator

The Behavioral Medicine (BMED) Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital is seeking two clinical research coordinators (CRC). The BMED Program is a multidisciplinary group with a longstanding commitment to conducting clinical research focused on developing, validating and disseminating psychosocial interventions that prevent and treat chronic illness.

CRCs will be responsible for assisting with studies as detailed below. CRCs may collaborate with other members of the research team, faculty, and staff of the BMED Program, but will also be expected to take initiative and work well independently. Due to the time- or deadline-sensitive nature of many projects, the pace of work may be demanding at times. Other projects are long-term and require constant attention to prioritization.

This is a mentored position that offers valuable research experience in clinical psychology, health disparities, and global mental health research. It is an ideal position for people looking to apply to graduate or medical school. As a mentored position, the successful candidate will enjoy faculty and departmental support preparing graduate school applications, and have the opportunity to strengthen those applications through co-authorships and conference presentations of scholarly research.

The Behavioral Medicine program has a broad portfolio of clinical intervention research studies ranging from treatment development, efficacy, effectiveness/implementation clinical trials. Most of these studies concern HIV treatment and prevention with vulnerable populations. Many of these trials are advancing our understanding of how substance use can interfere with optimal engagement in HIV treatment or prevention services. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with one or more of the following faculty members: Dr. Conall O’Cleirigh, Dr. Abigail (Abby) Batchelder, or Dr. Matthew Sullivan, across one or two clinical trials.

In addition to providing operational support for their assigned research studies, the CRCs will also have a significant role with grant administration. Specifically, CRCs will learn how to create, edit, and format documents for grant applications (e.g., budgets), learn grant application systems, and manage submission of grant applications for PIs across the BMED Program. CRCs will also assist in the preparation of the scientific components of grant applications for specific PIs, including by conducting literature reviews and preparing summaries of existing science.

Finally, CRCs will also be responsible for various administrative tasks in the BMED Program. These may include corresponding with the IRB and study sponsors, ordering office supplies, managing office space, coordinating meetings, coordinating updates to the BMED website, handling PIs’ expenses, among others.

Ideal applicants will demonstrate, preferably through prior research experience, a strong interest in pursuing clinical psychology, social work, public health/epidemiology, medical, substance use, or related research. Applicants with an interest in HIV, mental health interventions, substance use, health psychology, public health, and/or mental health in global settings are strongly encouraged to apply. The applicant should be comfortable working with diverse issues related to sexuality, chronic illness, gender, substance use, and mental health.

This position will take place in a hybrid setting – CRCs will be expected to work in person up to 80% of the time (4/5 days a week). Ideal applicants will be comfortable working in both remote and in-person environments.

The Behavioral Medicine program participates in professional and academic training and mentorship at every level. As such, we support an inclusive, collegial, collaborative, and energetic work environment and work to champion diversity, individuality, inclusion, and a robust celebration of our differences. We view this as a core strength of our program, and the foundation of our mentoring approach.

More information about the BMED Program and current research is available on our webpage: https://www.massgeneral.org/psychiatry/treatments-and-services/behavioral-medicine-program.

• Monitor and evaluate protocol compliance
• Analyze both qualitative (NVivo) and quantitative (SPSS) data
• Work closely with an interdisciplinary team
• Manage and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously
• Recruit/screen/enroll study participants, as needed
• Assist in writing and preparing federally funded grant applications
• Perform clerical/organizational work, quality control, and budget management, if needed
• Create, submit, and maintain ethics applications, amendments, continuing reviews, and materials for a variety of domestic and international ethics committees
• Create, edit, and format administrative components of grant applications
• Organize correspondence across multiple project sites
• Assist in participant recruitment across MGH clinics and community organizations, as needed
• Data entry and quality control procedures
• Adhere strictly to all Institutional Review Board (IRB) guidelines and confidentiality requirements
• Organize, clean, and prepare data and data collection systems

• Maintain research data, patient fields, regulatory binders and study databases
• Act as a study resource for patient and family
• Perform data analysis and QA/QC data checks
• Develop and implement recruitment strategies
• Evaluate study questionnaires
• Contribute to protocol recommendations
• May assist PI to prepare complete study reports
• Assist with preparation of annual review
• Organize and interpret data
• Monitor and evaluation lab and procedure data

• Technological fluency with Microsoft Office Suite required
• Ability to concurrently handle multiple projects required
• Ability to independently take initiative strongly desired
• Excellent attention to detail required
• Strong organizational and time management skills required
• Analytical skills and ability to resolve technical problems strongly desired
• Ability to work independently required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• Ability to interpret acceptability of data results desired
• Ability to work well with a diverse group of individuals required
• Working knowledge of statistics, SPSS, and data management programs desired

Bachelor’s Degree in related field (i.e., psychology, sociology, biological sciences, statistics, public health)

EXPERIENCE:

Required:

• Background in psychology or mental health discipline

Preferred:

• Experience working in substance use research
• Experience working with diverse groups of individuals
• New graduates with some relevant course/project work or those without any prior research experience will be considered for the Clinical Research Coordinator I position outlined above.
• Those with a minimum of 1-2 years of directly related work experience will be considered for a Clinical Research Coordinator II position.
• Human subjects research experience