Associate Clinical Research Coordinator - Postmortem Brain Donations

Associate Clinical Research Coordinator

Join our team at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, where we are dedicated to advancing health and aging research. This full-time position offers an opportunity to contribute to the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), focusing on postmortem brain donations and Alzheimer's Disease research.

Job Description

• Consent participants for postmortem brain donations to the Chicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP).
• Maintain communications with research participants' families, funeral homes, and pathologists.
• Recruit, consent, screen, schedule, track, and provide study updates to participants throughout the study.
• Collect and enter data into study case report forms and/or electronic data capture systems.
• Submit or coordinate the submission of study-related documents and protocols to the IRB.
• Maintain accurate procedural documentation in compliance with clinical research guidelines.
• Collect, process, and ship potentially biohazardous specimens.
• Administer structured tests and questionnaires according to research protocols.
• Provide ongoing study status updates and respond to inquiries from various stakeholders.
• Organize and participate in auditing and monitoring visits.
• Communicate unanticipated problems such as protocol deviations and adverse events.
• Collaborate with PIs, sponsors, compliance, and clinical staff to improve research processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 1 year of clinical research experience or 5 years of clinical research experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Good Clinical Practices and Good Documentation Practices.
• Knowledge of current NIH and/or FDA regulations related to clinical research.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to build rapport and maintain confidentiality with diverse participants.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate within multi-disciplinary teams.
• Availability to work evenings, overnight, and weekends as needed.
• Travel may be required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Sciences or a health-related discipline.
• Prior participant contact experience.
• Experience working on studies that consent participants for postmortem brain donations.

Rush offers exceptional rewards and benefits. Pay range is $23.12 - $36.41 per hour, determined by factors including education, job-related experience, skills, internal equity, and market data.

Rush is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.