UT Southwestern Medical Center · 1 day ago
Lead Clinical Research Coordinator, Psychiatry Molecular Imaging
Dallas, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expUT Southwestern Medical Center is a world-renowned medical and research center located in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas. They are seeking a highly organized and detail-oriented Lead Clinical Research Coordinator to support PET and MRI studies investigating brain chemistry in psychiatric and neurologic disorders, coordinating participant visits, managing data, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
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Responsibilities
Recruit, screen, consent, and schedule research participants according to IRB-approved protocols
Coordinate complex PET/MR imaging visits and blood sampling procedures in collaboration with chemistry, imaging, and clinical teams
Provide compassionate participant support, including assistance for individuals with cognitive impairment or psychosis, ensuring safety and comfort during all study procedures
Conduct accurate data entry, de-identification, and quality control for imaging and clinical data
Collaborate with imaging physicists to review PET/MR data for completeness and quality assurance
Prepare datasets for upload to the NIH Data Archive and maintain appropriate data documentation
Track and document biospecimen processing, including arterial plasma samples and radiotracer metabolism assays
Maintain regulatory documentation for IRB, FDA (IND), and institutional audits; assist with submissions, renewals, and amendments
Ensure compliance with Good Clinical Practice (GCP), HIPAA, and radiation safety requirements
Serve as liaison between psychiatry investigators, PET/MR technologists, radiochemistry staff, radiology fellows, physicists, and biologists to coordinate scheduling and communication
Contribute to development of standard operating procedures (SOPs) for imaging workflows, data handling, and participant logistics
Assist in training and onboarding future coordinators as the research team expands
Maintains required subject documentation for each study protocol
Directly interacts with clinical research participants, as required, for the research study (non-clinical and clinical procedures). Interacts via telephone, telehealth or in-person
Coordinates regulatory documentation for research studies that includes maintaining information to comply with industry standards, University policies, FDA requirements or other hospital policies
Coordinates and schedules procedures as per research study. A non-licensed coordinator may pend study order sets with oversight by PI
Screens, recruits, enrolls and follows subjects according to research protocol guidelines (non-clinical and clinical procedures). May also assist with the consent processes
Maintains and coordinates data collection information required for each study that may also include developing CRF's (case report form) or data collection tools
Assists in developing and implementing research studies, may include writing clinical research protocols
Conducts research procedures according to the protocol with proper training and check offs to maintain scope of service
May provide supervision to other members of the research team as necessary
May perform research billing activities, as needed, based on size of department (including linking patient calendars
Monitors patient safety by reviewing records and ensuring appropriate reporting per protocol and HRPP standards
Assists PI/supervisor with daily activities of the research team and functions as a liaison between clinical research investigators and various organizations/departments and agencies including, but not limited to HRPP, FDA, Sponsored Programs, and affiliated hospitals
Coordinates data management and collection for national (larger/more complex) research studies
Serves as lead in preparing annual reports for federal, state, and or/or local agencies on assigned studies
Prepares protocols for Institutional Review Board (IRB) submission. May also submit amendments and continuing review documents
Assists and monitors and/or maintain research study budgets. Assists the PI with the fiscal management of the trial. Ensures that the patient care charges are allocated appropriately for various research studies
Provides in-service training to all study team members and communicates to involved groups
Reviews research study protocols to ensure feasibility requirements of the study
Assists in developing website or other social media for marketing/recruiting based on assigned clinical research study
Enters data in the assigned clinical trial management system, electronic medical record and/or other required data entry systems
Duties performed may include one or more of the following core functions: a) Directly interacting with or caring for patients; b) Directly interacting with or caring for human-subjects research participants; c) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting patient records (including patient financial records); or d) Regularly maintaining, modifying, releasing or similarly affecting human-subjects research records
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in medical or science related field
4 years of clinical research experience with Bachelor's Degree
Prior experience in the UTSW clinical research mentoring program is highly desirable, and participation in the UTSW clinical research mentoring program may count as additional experience
May consider additional years of experience or advanced degree in lieu of education or experience, respectively
Preferred
Experience supporting PET or MRI research studies, particularly involving investigational radiotracers or pharmacokinetic modeling
Familiarity with Institutional Review Board (IRB) and FDA Investigational New Drug (IND) regulatory processes
Prior exposure with arterial or venous blood sampling in human studies
Working knowledge of REDCap or equivalent databases and familiarity with imaging data management systems or NIH Data Archive submissions
(BLS) BASIC LIFE SUPPORT may be required based on research study protocols or affiliate location requirements
(CPRAED) CPR AED may be required based on research study protocols or affiliate location requirements
ACRP of SOCRA certification a plus
Benefits
PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
Paid Time Off, available day one
Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
Paid Parental Leave Benefit
Wellness programs
Tuition Reimbursement
Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
Company
UT Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern Medical Center offers clinical care, education, and scientific research.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Late StageTotal Funding
$22MKey Investors
The Dallas FoundationPatient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute
2023-06-20Grant
2023-04-20Grant· $4M
2023-03-28Grant· $18M
Leadership Team
Chris Rubio
Interim Chief Executive Officer, Clements University Hospital
Dennis Pfeifer
AVP & CTO University Health System
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