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The Department of Paediatrics in the Cumming School of Medicine invites applications for two (2) Research Assistant(s). These Full-time Fixed Term positions are for approximately 12 months (based on length of grant funding), with the possibility of extension.
Reporting to the Principal Investigator.
Position Description
Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):
Under general supervision & direction of the PI, develop and implement original experiments within the guidelines of the research
Adapt existing programs to new datasets and perform analysis independently. Communicate with the different disciplinary teams involved in a project as well as with subjects and patients to schedule experiments
Perform literature review on a specific question to enable the PI to get a quick overview over a research topic and thus adapt a research project accordingly
Conduct literature review, surveys, laboratory experiments and other research for use in scholarly publications as required
Obtaining consents from parents for research projects; Obtaining study samples and processing these for storage/analysis; Obtaining blood samples from adults in certain studies
Assist with the study protocols/procedures done in NICUs
Prepare packages of information to be given to research families as needed
Collect data on inpatient study subjects and enter data into a comprehensive database; Assist with development of database for studies
Prepare summaries of the data for presentations and reports, including preparation of reports for multicenter studies
Oversight and supervises in the data collection and entry for ongoing studies and maintain a secure database for an ongoing clinical trial
Able to participate in research project design, execution, and analysis
Act as key communicator between study personnel, sites, sponsors and investigators
Advise and assist with preparation of research documents and submissions (i.e. procedures manuals, standard operating procedure, contracts, ethics submissions)
Provide professional services to other team members, internal and external to the research, providing guidance and knowledge transfer in training, procedures, and policy development. Perform other related duties as assigned by supervisorClick HERE to learn more and/or to apply
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