Research Professional 1 - Cognitive Training, Imaging and Precision Psychiatry L

The Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Science has an exciting opportunity for a Research Professional 1 in our Cognitive Training, Imaging, and Precision Psychiatry (CoTIPP) Lab. Our lab uses a variety of research methods, including behavioral and neurocognitive assessments, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, and Electroencephalography. We have a strong focus on evaluation of remote treatment methods using mobile cognitive and behavioral interventions.Job Duties/Responsibilities:Participant Recruitment and Retention (30%):- Recruit interested individuals to participate in research projects. Meet in person or over the phone and answer email inquiries.- Use pre-established recruitment materials to advertise in the community, per protocol.- Coordinate with clinicians at recruiting sites via email, EPIC, and in-person meetings to learn of potential participants and coordinate introductions.- Communicate with other labs to facilitate sharing of potential participant information.- Screen participants for eligibility using pre-established scripts and questionnaires.- Obtain informed consent and assent. Conduct assessments of capacity to consent to research. Re-consent participants as needed after protocol modifications. Consent participants when they reach the age of majority if they were a minor when enrolled.- Maintain regular contact with research participants (per protocol) in person, by phone, or by email to keep participants engaged in research activities.- Track participant progress through study milestones. Provide support as needed to complete study activities.- Dispense participant compensation.- Support participants with technological issues during remote components of the study.- Other tasks as assigned.Data Collection and Management (40%):- Schedule appointments with participants and assessment staff per protocols. Provide participants with instructions and materials needed to prepare for the visit. Remind participants of upcoming visits using approved communication methods.- Prepare for study appointments per protocol by: reserving rooms and equipment; printing off forms; creating participant profiles within data capture systems; charging equipment; and other tasks as needed.- Collect data using paper forms, computers, iPads, digital databases, and specialized equipment, per protocol.- Conduct assessments such as: diagnostic interviews; clinical interviews for symptom and functioning; and neurocognitive assessments.- Support patients during self-report tasks, including providing instructions, technical troubleshooting, and clarifying questions.- Collect data using specialized equipment (e.g., EEG, fMRI), as needed.- Score assessment materials and complete paperwork from appointments. Verify scores of assessments from other raters.- Create and maintain databases for the projects using Box, REDCap, and other data management systems as required.- Enter scored data into databases. Verify entered data using double-entry procedures, per protocol.- Extract data from third party vendor platforms (e.g., cognitive assessment software) for permanent storage in study databases.- Complete regular quality checks and clean-up of data.- Prepare data for submission to national data archive centers, per grant requirements.- Prepare regular updates for lab meeting and study team meetings, as needed.- Promptly communicate critical observations to study team leads, as required.- Other tasks as assigned.Regulatory Management and Documentation (20%):- Adhere to local and federal policies for conducting research and documentation of study activities.- Maintain regulatory documents, such as: enrollment logs; participant visit logs; protocol deviation logs; personnel training records; recruitment/screening logs; randomization keys; device/account tracking logs; and other documentation as required.- Use University systems such as Florence, OnCore, Box, and REDCap to maintain databases for regulatory documentation.- Maintain digital copies of consent forms, obtained either through e-consent platforms, or by scanning paper copies into permanent storage.- Document study events using Notes to File, as required.- Support protocol modifications, including: drafting updates to the protocol document; drafting changes to consent and assent forms; drafting changes to recruitment materials; and other tasks as assigned.- Coordinate with Regulatory Specialists or Project Managers for submission of modifications to IRB for review. Support responses to clarification questions or stipulations from the IRB, as required.- Implement updates to materials after protocol modifications are approved (e.g., update consent forms to the approved version).- Prepare regular updates to the Institutional Review Board, reporting agencies, and grant sponsors, as needed.- Prepare timely submissions to IRB for prompt reporting (e.g., reporting of protocol deviations due to researcher error), as needed.- Other tasks as assigned.Lab Support Tasks (10%):- Conduct literature reviews in support of manuscripts, grants, and other tasks as needed.- Prepare materials for presentations, publications, and grants, such as figures or tables.- Participate in regular team meetings.- Assist in ordering and management of study supplies, as needed.- Prepare presentations for Journal Club, Lab Meetings, other short presentations, etc., when requested.- Other tasks as assigned.Required Qualifications:- BA/BS or a combination of related education and work experience to equal four years.- Previous experience working with individuals with mental health conditions such as psychosis spectrum disorders in a clinical or research setting.- Ability to work as part of a team and build partnerships across the organization.Preferred Qualifications:- Previous experience conducting clinical research including screening and recruiting participants; obtaining informed consent; conducting standardized clinical psychiatric interviews and/or neurocognitive assessments; data entry and database management; regulatory management.- Strong ability to analyze problems and develop solutions.- Experience with administering clinical assessments such as CSSRS, COMPAS/QLS.- Experience with diagnostic assessments such as the MINI.- Experience with data entry and database management.- Experience with collaborating with a clinical team regarding research eligibility.- Experience performing consent appointments with participants with varying capacity to consent.- Experience administering capacity-to-consent assessments such as the UBACC.- Experience with reaching out to interested individuals and clinics for study recruitment.- Demonstrated ability to assist participants through study specific tasks such as taking initiative to contact participants first.- Demonstrated ability of consistent communication with participants and research team.- Experience with compensating participants for research activities.- Experience with supporting research participants with technical issues during study visits.- Experience with REDCap.- Experience with Electronic Health Record systems.

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