Position Summary:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is seeking a highly motivated Temporary Research Assistant for the Department of Medicine – Infectious Diseases within the New Jersey Medical School.

Under the direction of the Clinical Research Manager and the Database Programmer/Analyst, the Temporary Research Assistant is responsible for data collection, quality assurance of collected data (clinical, laboratory, demographic), routine data management tasks for data transmitted from the international sites, manuscript development, proposal assistance and other relevant scientific activities.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

• Work with international sites in data capture, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) activities during protocol conduct.
• Work with investigators, statisticians and study coordinators in design and set-up of case report forms (CRFs) for specific clinical, translational and basic science protocols.
• Work with study coordinators and database programmer to develop appropriate and detailed standard operating procedures, training manuals and other materials for study conduct and data collection in the clinic, field and laboratory.
• Review incoming completed case report forms from the field sites (CRFs) for accuracy and completion.
• Generate and respond to data queries for quality assurance of data collected in the field. Identify missing, incorrect and illogical responses for queries to field sites for correction.

Minimum Education and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree (BS/BA) in computer science, information systems management or related field (statistics, operations research, public health).

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Some basic understanding of data management in clinical research and experience working in other software platforms relevant to clinical research (REDCap, R, Microsoft Office and internet applications).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Understanding of biostatistics and clinical research.

Salary: $16

Posting Number: 21ST0380

Location: Newark (RBHS)