Soc/Clin Research Assistant

Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, hybrid

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Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education and research.

Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

This Research Assistant position will support clinical research studies within the Reproductive Genomics Research Team in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The research portfolio includes studies focused on high-risk pregnancies, families affected by genetic conditions, and prenatal diagnosis.
Primary responsibilities include screening electronic medical records to identify potential participants, recruiting and consenting eligible individuals, coordinating study activities, entering and maintaining research data in REDCap, and assisting with study documentation. The Research Assistant will also support clinical research coordinators with project planning, study implementation, and other research-related activities. Depending on study needs, the position may assist with qualitative interviews and other data collection activities.

Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Experience conducting electronic medical record review using Epic.
Experience utilizing REDCap for research data collection and management.
Experience recruiting and enrolling participants for clinical or human subjects research studies.
Current or previous CITI training in Good Clinical Practice ( GCP), Human Subjects Protection ( HSP), or HIPAA.
*Experience supporting obstetric, gynecologic, or reproductive health.

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