Senior Research Coordinator in Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging
Company: Stanford Blood Center
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: October 20, 2024
Job Description:
The Stanford Center for Precision Mental Health and Wellness
(PMHW) within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
is seeking a motivated and experienced Senior Research Coordinator
in Precision Psychiatry and Neuroimaging (Clinical Research
Coordinator 2) to lead the execution of precision medicine in
mental health studies. The Senior Research Coordinator in Precision
Psychiatry and Neuroimaging will have the opportunity to make
innovative contributions to the rapidly emerging field of precision
medicine in mental health.The senior coordinator will develop,
execute, and manage studies funded through NIH, including a study
launching in 2024 under a priority precision medicine in mental
health initiative. These studies use clinical psychiatric
assessments of depression and anxiety and incorporate cognitive
testing and functional magnetic resonance imaging to identify
neural functional biotypes within depressive and anxiety disorders.
In treatment trials, these same measures are used to enrich samples
for particular biotypes, to personalize interventions and assess
treatment outcomes. Intervention studies include novel selective
pharmacotherapy and exploratory interventions such as MDMA.To be
successful in this position candidates will have demonstrated
experience and skills in coordinating and executing human subject
studies applied in mental health, from initiation to close out. The
most direct experience would be with projects using measurements
such as neuroimaging within treatment study designs, and with
treatment trial designs. The position also requires experience in
managing and training study personnel and overseeing study
compliance and reporting.The position will be based within the
Center's Personalized and Translational Neuroscience lab (PanLab)
and will be fully onsite. The senior coordinator will work in close
collaboration with the principal investigator, study investigators
and an interdisciplinary team, and manage clinical research
coordinators on the studies. Members of the Center possess deep
domain experience in their chosen fields and an ability to
communicate across fields.Studies launched during 2024 will
continue for at least five years. We are seeking candidates who are
motivated to pursue a career in this area and commit to the full
duration of the studies and, ideally, beyond. The position comes
with opportunities to participate in study outcomes and develop
professionally.Interested candidates should include in their
application:
- A cover letter addressing requirements and why you are
motivated to apply to this position and contribute to research in
precision mental health and how your education and experience
relate to the position as described above.
- Resume or CV
- In the cover letter or Resume/CV, please include the names of
at least three referees.The supervising PI for this position is Dr.
Leanne Williams, . To learn more about the Center, please visit: .
The position will be based within a collaborative team that values
a diversity of thought and background, cooperation, fairness,
efficiency, and conscientiousness.For specific enquiries about the
position: pmhw_admin@stanford.edu.Duties include:
- Oversee subject recruitment and study enrollment goals.
Determine effective strategies for promoting/recruiting research
participants and retaining participants in long-term clinical
trials.
- Oversee data management for research projects. Develop and
manage systems to organize, collect, report, and monitor data
collection. Extract, analyze, and interpret data.
- Develop project schedules, targets, measurements, and
accountabilities, as assigned. Lead team meetings and
prepare/approve minutes.
- Formally supervise, train, and/or mentor new staff or students,
as assigned, potentially including hiring, preparing, or assisting
with the preparation of performance evaluations, and performing
related duties, in addition to instruction on project work.
- Audit operations, including laboratory procedures, to ensure
compliance with applicable regulations; provide leadership in
identifying and implementing corrective actions/processes. Monitor
Institutional Review Board submissions and respond to requests and
questions.
- Manage IRB submission, compliance with applicable regulations
and audit operations, including imaging and behavioral testing
protocols.
- Collaborate with principal investigators and study sponsors,
monitor and report serious adverse events, and resolve study
queries.
- Collaborate with principal investigators in the preparation of
progress reports to NIH.
- Provide leadership in determining, recommending, and
implementing improvements to policies/processes; define best
practices.
- Develop study budget with staff and principal investigator,
identifying standard of care versus study procedures. Track patient
and study specific milestones, and invoice sponsors according to
study contract.
- Ensure regulatory compliance. Regularly inspect study document
to ensure ongoing regulatory compliance.
- Work with principal investigator to ensure Investigational New
Drug applications are submitted to the FDA when applicable. Ensure
Institutional Review Board renewals are completed.
- Managing the execution of studies, including recruitment
milestone reporting, coordinating project meetings, ensuring
compliance, aligning project activities with study budgets,
managing project meetings and interactions with investigators.
- Develop and coordinate study databases, integrating different
types of measurements and contribute to study reports.* - Other
duties may also be assignedDESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- 1-2 years previous full-time research experience in human
subject trials with treatment arms in the fields of Psychology,
Cognitive Neurosciences, or cognate fields, at a post-bachelor's
level or higher.
- Demonstrated experience and skills with coordinating and
executing human subject studies applied in mental health, from
initiation to close out (i.e. overseeing IRB submission,
implementing protocols, developing and implementing recruitment and
scheduling strategies, training junior personnel, acquiring
multiple types of data, reporting recruitment milestones,
coordinating project meetings, ensuring compliance, coordinating
study databases, contributing to study reports, aligning project
activities with study budgets, managing project meetings and
interactions with investigators).
- Knowledge of psychiatric neuroscience terminology.
- Hands-on experience with participants experiencing mental
health issues and relevant interventions.
- Hands-on experience with observational human trials using
neuroimaging, behavioral and/or physiological endpoints.
- Experience executing randomized controlled trial treatment
studies.
- Experience with FDA regulatory procedures and reporting.
- Demonstrated experience with regulatory requirements including
Institutional Review Board requirements, HIPAA, and Good Clinical
Practices.
- Experience managing personnel.EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
(REQUIRED):Bachelor's degree in a related field and two years of
experience in clinical research, or an equivalent combination of
education and relevant experience.KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
(REQUIRED):
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and database
applications.
- Experience with research protocols and regulatory or governing
bodies, which include HIPAA and FDA regulations, Institutional
Review Board requirements, and Good Clinical Practices.
- Knowledge of medical terminology.CERTIFICATIONS &
LICENSES:Society of Clinical Research Associates or Association of
Clinical Research Professionals certification is preferred. May
require a valid California Driver's License.PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS*:
- Frequently stand, walk, twist, bend, stoop, squat and use fine
light/fine grasping.
- Occasionally sit, reach above shoulders, perform desk based
computer tasks, use a telephone and write by hand, lift, carry,
push, and pull objects that weigh up to 40 pounds.
- Rarely kneel, crawl, climb ladders, grasp forcefully, sort and
file paperwork or parts, rarely lift, carry, push, and pull objects
that weigh 40 pounds or more.* - Consistent with its obligations
under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation
to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to
perform the essential functions of his or her job.WORKING
CONDITIONS:
- Position may at times require the employee to work with or be
in areas where hazardous materials and/or exposure to chemicals,
blood, body fluid or tissues and risk of exposure to contagious
diseases and infections.
- May require extended or unusual work hours based on research
requirements and business needs.
- This position is based in Stanford main campus.The expected pay
range for this position is $69,100 to $92,000 per annum. Stanford
University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate
of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position.
The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on
factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities
of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate,
departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic
location and external market pay for comparable jobs.
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