Research Program Coordinator, School of Medicine, Neurology

Research Program Coordinator

School of Medicine, Neurology

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine is a premier academic medical center located in the heart of Richmond. Accounting for almost half of VCU's sponsored research, the School of Medicine is internationally recognized for patient care and education. All full-time university staff are eligible for our generous benefits package that includes choices for health, vision, and dental coverage, life-insurance, short and long-term disability coverage, retirement planning, tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs, flexible spending accounts, tuition benefits, significant paid-time off, 12 paid holidays, and more. Explore our benefits further here: https://hr.vcu.edu/current-employees/benefits/university-and-academic-professional-benefits/

The Research Program Coordinator will support Principal Investigators (PI) in the day to day activities required for activation, execution, and management of clinical, patient-oriented research studies or protocols. Typical duties of a Clinical Research Coordinator include, but are not limited to: assist PI in assessing study feasibility, determining participation eligibility, and establishing guidelines for clinical data collection; serve as patient/participant recruiters; and perform a variety of complex activities involved in the collection, compilation, documentation, and analysis of clinical research data. Maintain established portfolio driven knowledge base of federal and state laws and regulations, sponsor guidance as well as university policies and compliance notices, with ability to consistently interpret and apply accurately.

Core Responsibilities:

Coordinator work will require maintaining advanced understanding of clinical research management duties from study initiation to closeout. Maintain current CITI credentials for Human Subjects Protections, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Clinical Research Coordinator, plus additional sponsor GCP certifications as required. Understand and adhere to all IRB requirements, Human Subjects protection regulations, and all aspects of IRB approved protocols. Be directly responsible for study coordination and regulatory management of an assigned portfolio of clinical research studies covering a variety of diseases and conditions. Serve as a resource research coordinator for an emerging central coordinator pool; work with leadership to lay the groundwork for expanding a coordinator pool, overall portfolio staffing and management. Serve as an ongoing resource for providing information and expert advice on clinical research issues. Lead the development of best practice guidance and work aids for CRCs in areas such as: study activation, study coordination, data management, and records management. Follow VCU internal processes to ensure compliance with VCU policies related to research activities and ensure compliance with federal and state regulatory standards. Data analyst work will require creation, maintenance and enhancement of the PMDC clinical and research registries/databases and data analysis visualization for grants and publications. Position will require data management including creating framework for data collection, analysis and developing models for analysis and visualization.