50% Practice-based facilitation and research support

• Work with faculty and residents to support research and scholarly activities at a family medicine clinic.
• Work closely with clinic leadership to ensure projects have the support and resources needed.
• Attends regular meetings with faculty to understand and anticipate research support needs.
• Connect clinic researchers to Department resources and content experts.
• Consult on study design, lead and guide faculty with study start-up activities (including preparation of IRB materials and data collection instruments)
• Assist with data collection, analysis, reporting and quality assurance of projects.
• Serves as a key member of both the Clinic Review Team and the Hub Research Review Committee (HRRC), providing clinic and department specific insights to proposal reviews and decision-making.
• On behalf of Clinic Review Team/clinic leadership, manage proposals submitted to DFMCH Research Services Portal for review and approval by the clinic.
• Assist Clinic Review Team with review and prioritization of proposals from faculty, residents and students; ensure timely follow-up of proposal determination;
• Provide recommendations to Clinic Review Team on feasibility and appropriateness of proposed studies.
• Documents concerns, suggestions, requested modifications and decisions via the Research Services Portal.
• Serve as a liaison between clinic staff and the Hub.

20% Protocol Implementation

• Operationalize research protocols for multiple projects, including single- and multi-site NIH-funded trials, practice-based research, and process improvement studies.
• Responsible for knowing protocol details, ensuring that protocol is followed, documenting study activities appropriately, and resolving issues that arise during day-to-day implementation of studies.
• Recruit, screen, consent, and enroll subjects.
• Collect data using a variety of methods including participant interviews, anthropometry measurements, chart reviews, focus groups and other procedures as required by protocol.
• Assist with survey and focus group design, facilitate focus groups, analyze qualitative data and synthesize study results.
• Assist with analyzing qualitative data projects using NVivo.

20%  Project management

• Oversee and manage activities of varied assigned projects, such as local research studies and projects that support state and national practice-based research activities.
• Provide leadership in developing processes, procedures, and instruments to ensure efficient and accurate implementation of protocols.
• Provide training, monitor and analyze progress, and provide direction and recommendations to other team members to meet project goals.
• Manage project timelines and regulatory documents.
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory guidelines.
• Set up contracts and manage the work for clinical research assistants who are assigned to the projects.

10% Writing, editing, and technical support

• Write and edit research and technical materials including IRB applications, consent forms, grant applications, research manuscripts, posters, presentations, abstracts, website content, and user guides.
• Assist with design of REDCap databases and surveys.