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Boston Children's Hospital · 2 days ago

Per Diem- Clinical Research Assistant Per Diem

Brookline, MA

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$19/hr - $29/hr

Boston Children's Hospital is a leading institution focused on pediatric healthcare and research. They are seeking a Clinical Research Assistant to coordinate daily activities of clinical research studies, including patient screening, data collection, and regulatory submissions while maintaining communication with team members.

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Responsibilities

Working on research projects examining neuroimaging and cognitive outcomes in pediatric epilepsy. Working on IRB submissions and research regulatory documentation

Efficiently and accurately extracting neurological/medical and neuropsychological assessment data from the EMR into databases, extracting EEG data from Natus and extracting neuroimaging data from Synapse

Troubleshoots resolution of any issues that may arise throughout the study. Coordinates and prepares documentation needed for Institutional Review Board (IRB) on submissions, for PI approval. Tracks progress from submission to approval

Assist in developing supportive study documents such as informed consent forms, monitoring templates, study subject tracking tools, monitoring forms, study manuals, and training materials, as required for a study. Assist with the tracking and compilation of enrollment information

May assist with preparation of manuscripts and reports to be submitted to academic journals. May help train and orient newly hired study personnel. Coordinates activities with various departments to ensure correct testing/processing and sends clear instructions to each study. Monitors and reviews data collection and data entry, and informed consent procedures ensuring consistency of application for each study

Qualification

Neuroimaging processingCommand line programmingPythonDocker ContainerizationFSLMatlabSPMFreeSurferAWS EC2Organizational skillsAttention to detail

Required

A Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g. life sciences) or a Bachelor's degree and relevant work experience

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Must have experience or be extremely motivated and eager to learn neuroimaging processing pipelines (fMRI / structural MRI / DWI / CT) and aspects of computer science / computational neuroscience including Command line computational programming in linux ubuntu, Docker Containerization, Python, FSL, Matlab, SPM, FreeSurfer

Experience with computer platforms include cloud-based AWS EC2 instances