at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Job Opening Id: 50664
Department: MED-Ctr-Dissemination & Implem
Salary/Grade: NEX/9
Job Summary:
This Research Assistant (RA) will support the Principal Investigator to implement a portfolio of NIH-funded clinical trials. The first, TECH, is a study of a new smartphone app to reduce marijuana use among court-involved, non-incarcerated adolescents; the randomized clinical trial is ongoing. Activities involve participant recruitment of adolescents, consent/assent, tracking and retention; administering clinical assessments with adolescents following protocols; coding audio recordings of app introductions; collecting, compiling, tabulating, and/or processing participant responses; and communicating with staff and study participants at the remote recruitment site. The RA is also expected to help with organization and maintenance of project documents and files, contributing to the continual submission of IRB documents, annual grant progress reports, and data safety monitoring board reports. The second study, FreSH, is a multisite randomized trial testing the implementation of a smoking cessation intervention in community dental clinics. On FreSH, the RA will be primarily responsible for conducting individual interviews with participants and dental providers, maintaining study records, coordinating with other research sites, coding the interviews, and preparing a monthly newsletter for study participants.
Performs biomedical &/or social-behavioral research by administering tests &/or questionnaires following protocols; collecting, compiling, tabulating &/or processing responses; gathering information; &/or assisting in the preparation of material for inclusion in reports. Completes all activities by strictly following Good Clinical Practices (GCP) & all relevant current local, state, & federal laws, regulations, guidance, policy & procedure developed by the NU Institutional Review Board (IRB), Food & Drug Administration (FDA) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), & the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH).
Specific Responsibilities:
Technical
- Recruits study participants.
- Reviews & obtains informed consent.
- Schedules study visits with participants.
- Conducts interviews.
- Scores test results.
- Collects survey data.
