Mount Sinai Health System
Clinical Research Coordinator-Psychiatry-Dr Li's Lab Mandarin and Cantonese
Mount Sinai Health System, New York, New York, us, 10261
Job Description
Strength Through Diversity
Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.
Roles & Responsibilities:
The
Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC)
at the
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research Program for Asian Americans and Other Minority Groups
, led by Dr. Clara Li, at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, assists clinical studies sponsored by the NIH and industry. The goals are to develop new ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia (AD/ADRD) in older Asian Americans and other minority groups. The research program offers a comprehensive research evaluation primarily for older Asian Americans who speak Mandarin, Cantonese, or English. The evaluation includes a clinical interview and medical exam by a study physician specializing in memory problems, an assessment of memory and other thinking abilities, and a research blood draw. The evaluation also includes an annual follow-up visit. In addition, there are neuroimaging and biomarker studies aiming to examine the biological basis of memory and other thinking challenges in Asian American older adults. The program also conducts intervention studies for AD/ADRD in older Asian Americans.
The CRC’s responsibility to assist the Principal Investigator in program operations and start-up, budget negotiation, oversee budget signatory administrative elements, oversee the collection of data under the PI supervision, including the performance of study visit tasks, manage all regulatory folders and FDA requirements, report to the IRB, and collaborate with outside vendors to ensure the safety of the participants and accuracy of data reporting. S/he is the main point of contact for all participants in the research program and must possess excellent communication and follow-up skills, respect patient privacy, and possess minimum office / professional skills to collect, record, and utilize data in these trials to assist in the daily activities of clinical research studies, including collection and organization of study information. Assists in preparing grant applications and documents (e.g., Institutional Review Board, Grants, and Contracts Office), and provides clerical support to Clinical Research Coordinators and others in assigned areas.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in science or related field preferred or a combination of relevant research experience and education
0-2 years of research/human subjects experience
Can speak, write, type and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and English proficiently
NB: Please apply online as materials sent to Dr. Li via email cannot be reviewed
Responsibilities
Conducts routine and standardized human subjects research using appropriate research or interview techniques specific to subject matter of the research project, under direct supervision of the Principal Investigator or senior clinical research staff.
Assists in the activities related to clinical research including, but not limited to: obtaining informed consent, screening participants for eligibility, registering patients with sponsoring agencies, administering questionnaires and answering telephone calls.
Assists in the collection, analysis and review of experimental data for publication and presentation.
Maintains source documents and subject files in accordance with Mount Sinai policies and procedures. Ensures accurate, confidential and complete compilation of data.
May secure and ship clinical specimens as required by the protocol.
May assist in the preparation for regulatory agency site visits.
Performs other related duties
About Us
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
“About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
Compensation Statement
Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $16 - $39.4984 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.
Strength Through Diversity
Ground breaking science. Advancing medicine. Healing made personal.
Roles & Responsibilities:
The
Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC)
at the
Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research Program for Asian Americans and Other Minority Groups
, led by Dr. Clara Li, at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, assists clinical studies sponsored by the NIH and industry. The goals are to develop new ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and prevent Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementia (AD/ADRD) in older Asian Americans and other minority groups. The research program offers a comprehensive research evaluation primarily for older Asian Americans who speak Mandarin, Cantonese, or English. The evaluation includes a clinical interview and medical exam by a study physician specializing in memory problems, an assessment of memory and other thinking abilities, and a research blood draw. The evaluation also includes an annual follow-up visit. In addition, there are neuroimaging and biomarker studies aiming to examine the biological basis of memory and other thinking challenges in Asian American older adults. The program also conducts intervention studies for AD/ADRD in older Asian Americans.
The CRC’s responsibility to assist the Principal Investigator in program operations and start-up, budget negotiation, oversee budget signatory administrative elements, oversee the collection of data under the PI supervision, including the performance of study visit tasks, manage all regulatory folders and FDA requirements, report to the IRB, and collaborate with outside vendors to ensure the safety of the participants and accuracy of data reporting. S/he is the main point of contact for all participants in the research program and must possess excellent communication and follow-up skills, respect patient privacy, and possess minimum office / professional skills to collect, record, and utilize data in these trials to assist in the daily activities of clinical research studies, including collection and organization of study information. Assists in preparing grant applications and documents (e.g., Institutional Review Board, Grants, and Contracts Office), and provides clerical support to Clinical Research Coordinators and others in assigned areas.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in science or related field preferred or a combination of relevant research experience and education
0-2 years of research/human subjects experience
Can speak, write, type and read Cantonese, Mandarin, and English proficiently
NB: Please apply online as materials sent to Dr. Li via email cannot be reviewed
Responsibilities
Conducts routine and standardized human subjects research using appropriate research or interview techniques specific to subject matter of the research project, under direct supervision of the Principal Investigator or senior clinical research staff.
Assists in the activities related to clinical research including, but not limited to: obtaining informed consent, screening participants for eligibility, registering patients with sponsoring agencies, administering questionnaires and answering telephone calls.
Assists in the collection, analysis and review of experimental data for publication and presentation.
Maintains source documents and subject files in accordance with Mount Sinai policies and procedures. Ensures accurate, confidential and complete compilation of data.
May secure and ship clinical specimens as required by the protocol.
May assist in the preparation for regulatory agency site visits.
Performs other related duties
About Us
Strength Through Diversity
The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:
Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.
At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization. We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.
Explore more about this opportunity and how you can help us write a new chapter in our history!
“About the Mount Sinai Health System:
Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with more than 43,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 300 labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time — discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it. Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 7,400 primary and specialty care physicians; 13 joint-venture outpatient surgery centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida; and more than 30 affiliated community health centers. We are consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals, receiving high "Honor Roll" status, and are highly ranked: No. 1 in Geriatrics and top 20 in Cardiology/Heart Surgery, Diabetes/Endocrinology, Gastroenterology/GI Surgery, Neurology/Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Pulmonology/Lung Surgery, Rehabilitation, and Urology. New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai is ranked No. 12 in Ophthalmology. U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Children’s Hospitals” ranks Mount Sinai Kravis Children's Hospital among the country’s best in several pediatric specialties. The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is ranked No. 14 nationwide in National Institutes of Health funding and in the 99th percentile in research dollars per investigator according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. Newsweek’s “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals” ranks The Mount Sinai Hospital as No. 1 in New York and in the top five globally, and Mount Sinai Morningside in the top 20 globally.
The Mount Sinai Health System is an equal opportunity employer. We comply with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate, exclude, or treat people differently on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression. We are passionately committed to addressing racism and its effects on our faculty, staff, students, trainees, patients, visitors, and the communities we serve. Our goal is for Mount Sinai to become an anti-racist health care and learning institution that intentionally addresses structural racism.”
EOE Minorities/Women/Disabled/Veterans
Compensation Statement
Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for the role is $16 - $39.4984 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.