Assist with recruiting research subjects, subject retention, consent process, assist with drafting and obtaining IRB approval for consent forms, screening and scheduling, coordination of scheduling of all research staff and investigators involved in the study, coordination of hospital stay, data collection, entry, and management, training employees, performing quality assurance, retrieving journal articles. Assist with grant preparation. Obtain and maintain testing devices. Willingness to learn fMRI scanning procedures and neurocognitive assessments. Other assignments as needed.
Duties and Tasks
Assist with obtaining and maintaining IRB approval for flyers and newspaper ads
Assist with creating phone screening forms and telephone scripts for each of our studies
Subject Retention
Take inpatient subjects on daily outings to prevent excessive boredom on weekdays and weekends and assist in providing recreational activities
Consent Forms & Consent Process
Assist in the drafting of consent forms
Assist in obtaining IRB approval for consent forms
Explain protocol and review consent form with potential participants
Witness consent given by participant and PI
Coordinate research studies
Screen and schedule (and assist with) potential participants for studies. Scheduling a new subject to participate in the study requires coordination of an Investigator, nursing staff (if applicable), the study physician (if applicable), and an inpatient bed (if applicable).
Coordinate all staff for administration of PET/fMRI scans, including nurses, an anesthesiologist, a Certified Nuclear Medicine Technician, a scan slot at the Brain Mapping Center, an RA, and the study physician.
Coordinate all outpatient procedures for control subjects
Coordinate hospital stay and all inpatient procedures for drug-abusing subjects
Administer baseline screening measures & neurocognitive tests
Data Collection, Entry, and Management
Administer, score and enter data (and assist others in this task) for all medical and psychological measures, daily mood measures, repeated neurocognitive battery, breath and urine assays
Create & maintain (and assist in the creation & maintenance of) data entry templates in Excel & SPSS, data dictionaries, subject folders and medical charts, and an online data tracking database to record when measures were collected, scored and entered.
Assist with training of new employees in techniques of proper data collection (e.g., how to maintain confidentiality, ensuring completeness of measures), scoring, and entry into database
Perform Quality Assurance:
Ensure that all measures are completed and completed correctly by manually double-checking completed measures, double-scoring and double-entering (and verifying scoring and entry of) all data, running data checking programs to note discrepancies, retraining/follow-up (and assist in retraining and follow-up) with employees on patterns of discrepancies, preparation of reports (and assistance in report preparation) on status of QA activities, assistance with periodic re-training of employees to ensure all data methods (collection, scoring and entry) described in the protocol are followed properly, and creation & maintenance of manuals on Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) with respect to data collection, scoring, and entry.
IRB
Assist in the preparation of materials to be submitted to IRB, e.g., protocols, consent forms, study measures/questionnaires, HS-1 forms, Investigational Device Exemptions, approval letter from Medical Radiation Safety Committee
Assist in responding to specific questions posed by the IRB
Assist in obtaining & renewing Certificate of Confidentiality
Be aware of renewal deadlines & IRB meetings
Ensure that all IRB-approved documents (e.g., consent forms, advertisements, protocol) reflect the exact procedures being performed on subjects, and that all documents are updated to reflect the latest changes made to the protocol by the P.I. (if applicable)
Journal Articles & Lit Searches
Retrieve journal articles from the library, online, and the PI's files as requested
Perform lit searches
Enter journal article citation information into Reference Manager Database
File journal articles according to existing protocol
Assist in preparation of reference lists for publication; ensure that all in-text citations are noted and formatted correctly in the reference list
Miscellaneous
Assist with grant preparation
Assist with the preparation of quarterly/annual reports for IRB, UCLA GCRC, and extramural funding agencies
Obtain and maintain testing devices such as urinalysis supplies and CO2 breathalyzer
Write procedures and train staff on proper methods for collecting and analyzing breath and urine samples
Acquire MR Saftey certification and acquire training in fMRI data acquisition and analysis
Other assignments as needed
Job Qualifications:
Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities
B.A. Psychology or BS in Biological Sciences
Detail Oriented
Excellent ability to communicate with research subjects and staff
Excellent organizational skills
Ability to work with minimal supervision
Demonstrated ability to multi-task
Demonstrated ability to follow through
Excellent knowledge of computer functions in Word, Excel, MS outlook
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