Soc/Clin Research Assistant

A global higher education leader in innovative teaching, research and public service, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill consistently ranks as one of the nation's top public universities. Known for its beautiful campus, world-class medical care, commitment to the arts and top athletic programs, Carolina is an ideal place to teach, work and learn.

One of the best college towns and best places to live in the United States, Chapel Hill has diverse social, cultural, recreation and professional opportunities that span the campus and community.

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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.

The primary purpose of this position is to advance the funded research of Dr. David Penn and assist in lab management. Specifically, this position will manage funded projects. They will plan, organize, conduct, and evaluate research related to Dr. Penn's two funded projects in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience through data collection, documentation, and analysis. Responsibilities for the position will include, but are not limited to, research protocol development, data collection, data management, participant retention, overseeing the laboratory's undergraduate research assistants, and liaising with the state of North Carolina and the first episode psychosis ( FEP) clinics in the state. This position is responsible for carrying out human subjects-related research tasks and must have the ability to plan and coordinate methods and techniques to meet research and project objectives, including project resources and methodology of data collection. The job creates IRB submissions for active studies, collecting data, and maintaining research data/information, preparing reports, conducting analyses, and creating/maintaining databases.

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

This position will require some prior volunteer or job experience conducting human subjects research involving face-to-face interactions with participants in a laboratory setting; excellent professionalism, organizational, and customer service skills; and excellent interpersonal, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. The candidate must be comfortable using modern technology platforms for communication and collaboration (e.g., Zoom, Webex, Microsoft Office products, email, social media, Qualtrics). Must be familiar with or able to learn HIPPA regulations as they pertain to medical research. Knowledge of clinical research principles, study design, and methods of data collection.

Previous experience with Redcap, Epic, Oncore, Excel, and R is preferred.

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