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Oversee the day-to-day operations of multiple studies, including a federally-funded grant examining the quality of life for persons living with Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias. Performa variety of complex duties involved in the collection, documentation, analysis, and dissemination of clinical research data. Oversee the development and maintenance of task orders, budgets, and contracts related to the Department of Population Health Sciences’ participation in the FDA Sentinel Initiative.

Operations

Independently prepare or oversee the submission of data use agreements, material transfer agreements and/or other documentation required to access, collect, or analyze data. Monitor or lead procedures for recruitment, screening, assessments, and participant retention. Monitor enrollment goals and recruitment tracking. Lead or participate in the development of interview guides, qualitative data coding/codebooks, and qualitative content analyses. Facilitate and organize the development of stakeholder and engagement panels to ensure the collection of high-quality, patient-centered data.

Develop protocols, operational plans, and timelines for multiple studies. Schedule and lead team meetings; keep and circulate meeting minutes; and facilitate communication between research teams. Maintain decision logs and inform teams of timelines and progress on benchmarks and milestones. Serves an expert resource regarding regulatory and institutional policies and processes. Independently navigate conversations with agencies, vendors, and study teams to develop or obtain the required documentation for compliance with local or domestic regulations.

Ethics

Prepare and submit IRB protocols and research data security plans. Serve as an expertresourcewith regard to conducting and documenting consent, including liaisingwith and being knowledgeable about other resources at Duke. Serve as expertresource to study teams, as they design studies, so they include specificsafeguards to ensure ethical conduct and protect vulnerable populations.

Data

Select datacapture methods anddiscuss advantages and disadvantages of each. Conduct patientinterviewsand participate in the development of interview guides. Lead oroversee the development of qualitative coding guides. Recognize trends, andrecommend strategies to improve processes. Serve as a data corrections, queries, and quality assurance expert resource; including liaising with andbeing knowledgeable about other related resources at Duke. Assist study teams in developing protocols that include strategies and processes to ensure data security and provenance. Map data flow and predict areas of vulnerability in the data flow plan.

Science

Develop portions of funding proposals and grants. Assess and determine solutions for operational shortcomings of proposals. Independently review articles, synthesize the literature, and use to assist in the development of manuscripts or grant proposals. Independently develop protocols for investigator-initiated studies. Use expertise in research design to provide significant contribution to protocols or research proposals. Contribute to accepted, peer-reviewed publications or conference presentations, as appropriate. Participate in the development of user guides and best practice guides.

Study and Financial Management

Use and oversee usage of systems and system reports to manage research participants' activities. Oversee management of resources (staff, supplies, equipment). Ensure that studies are conducted in compliance with institutional requirements and other policies. Develop and oversee processes to determine participation in clinical research. Make feasibility recommendations. Develop and implement closeout procedures. Assist with or lead investigations and communications related to funding opportunities. Assist with or lead the development of task orders, budgets, and contracts. Serve as resource to help monitor, verify, and reconcile expenditure of budgeted funds, as appropriate. Recognize allowable expenses based on financial guidelines. Coordinate with others to monitor and report on financial program milestones. Serve as a liaison with sponsors, subcontractors, and/or vendors.

Leadership

Encourage staff to take part in professional development opportunities. Participate in committees and workgroups. Employ interpersonal skills to get work done efficiently. Recognize and escalate organizational issues that could be optimized to improve research process. Uses advanced subject matter expertise in the therapeutic area or clinical research to solve problems.

Type of Research

The DataShare in the Department of Population Health Sciences facilitates the conduct of research using administrative healthcare claims data, commercial claims data, electronic health records, survey data, biospecimens, and clinical registries. These data are used to answer research questions in: health services research and policy, health disparities research, and health outcomes research. The DataShare supports research studies lead by faculty internal and external to the Department of Population Health Sciences.

Special skills
Detail-oriented, strong written and verbal communication skills, and highly organized to provide operational oversight to multiple retrospective and prospective studies across multiple study teams and multiple PIs. The most qualified candidates will also possess a familiarity with data contracts and agreements, in addition to experience with recruitment and screening for qualitative research. A strong foundation in team science is requirement of this position. The candidate must be able to multi-task effectively; is self-motivated and is action-oriented with a strong sense of accountability and responsibility to complete tasks accurately, efficiently, and on time. The candidate in this position is required to have strong interpersonal skills to work with individuals across and above their research role.

Work requires an Associate's degree

Work requires a minimum of six years of research experience. A Bachelor's degree may substitute for 2 years required experience.

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