at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50484
Department: MED-Ctr Hlth Svcs Outcomes Res
Salary/Grade: NEX/9
Job Summary:
The Research Study Assistant will be housed in the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research within the Institute for Public Health and Medicine (IPHAM). This is an opportunity to participate in patient-centered, health equity, and implementation research for a portfolio of externally-funded studies focused on cardiac rehabilitation and disability. Primarily, the Research Study Assistant will work on two active studies with a common purpose of improving equity in health care access for people with disabilities. Our studies focus on: 1) development and testing of strategies to collect patients’ disability status and disability-related accommodation needs in the electronic health record; and 2) provision of disability-related accommodation supports in primary care settings. This person will coordinate communication among investigators and with participating research sites, monitor research activity timelines, assist with IRB applications and study progress reports, obtain consent of research participants, support qualitative data collection, clean and code qualitative and quantitative data, and participate in analysis and dissemination activities – including preparation of abstracts, peer-reviewed manuscripts, and subsequent grant applications. This position works closely with two Principal Investigators and a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary team of Co-Investigators, physicians, nurses, clinical and administrative staff in the health care system and the University, and a panel of community advisors. The Research Study Assistant will have opportunities for authorship on multiple peer-reviewed publications, and people previously in this role have successfully matriculated to attend graduate school. The position is hybrid with three days in the office; flexible work arrangements are available.
Specific Responsibilities:
Technical
- Recruits study participants.
- Reviews & obtains informed consent.
- Schedules study visits with participants.
- Conducts interviews.
- Scores test results.
- Collects survey data.
- Reviews medical records.
