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BSD MED - General Internal Medicine - Volerman Research Staff

About the Department

This position is situated within the Section of General Internal Medicine within the Department of Medicine at University of Chicago. Faculty within General Internal are recognized as national leaders in the areas of medical ethics, health economics and policy, health services and outcomes research. The Volerman Team is focused on reducing inequities in health, education, and the workforce.

Job Summary

The Research Program Manager is a specialized research professional that is responsible for the direction of a program or a research office. The Manager works closely with the Principal Investigator (PI) on long-range plans for research studies. While the PI is primarily responsible for the overall design and conduct of programs and studies, the Manager collaborates with the PI and other senior research faculty and personnel as well as participates as a skilled individual contributor and/or lead researcher as an expert in specialized areas. The Manager ensures research projects progress according to plan by overseeing the coordination of the daily project activities and closely managing other staff, including coordinators and research assistants. The Manager will write grants, articles, reports and manuscripts and/or present research findings at meetings and conferences. By performing these duties, the Manager works with the PI, department, sponsor, and institution to provide guidance on the administration of the compliance, financial, personnel and other related aspects of research studies.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for direction of a program or research office.
• Conduct research in area of team\'s expertise.
• Collaborate with other researchers on long-range plans for research projects.
• Oversee development and carry out of research projects.
• Ensure research projects progress according to plan.
• Investigate, modify, and apply new procedures, techniques, or applications.
• Establish goals and operating procedures, practices, and guidelines.
• Plan and manage protocol review process for all research studies which includes the receipt and coordination of protocols for review, committee meetings, and research conferences.
• Help monitor project budgets.
• Participate as skilled individual contributor and/or researcher in collaboration with research faculty and personnel.
• Prepare grant/funding applications.
• Manage financial, personnel, planning, compliance and other administrative aspects of research project(s).
• Organize and lead team meetings and gatherings.
• Oversee activities related to data collection and analysis.
• Coordinate conduct of the study from screening to completion including recruitment and screening of study participants, obtaining informed consent/assent, collecting research data, preparing data for analysis, ensuring protocol adherence, and disseminating findings.
• Protect patients and data confidentiality by ensuring security of research data and personal health information.
• Ensure compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates.
• Understand the IRB submission and review process and when and how to apply for IRB review, including facilitation of study initiation through meticulous and timely preparation of IRB submissions.
• Understand the federal research regulations and identify the federal research organizations\' role in regulating human research participation.
• Identify and explain the responsibilities of Principal Investigators, research team members, sponsors, c ntract research organizations (CROs), and regulatory authorities related to the conduct of research studies.
• Supervise staff and students on research team, including day-to-day work of the team members on projects.
• Support hiring and onboarding of research team members.
• Coordinate with Principal Investigator for performance reviews of team members.
• Help develop, carry out, and support formal training for both new and existing staff within the unit and any affiliates and/or partners. Monitors federal regulatory agency requirements related to research training requirements and ensures training activities comply with requirements.
• Assists with various professional, organizational, and operational tasks under moderate supervision.
• Facilitates and participates in the daily activities of moderately complex clinical studies and performs various activities including patient data retrieval, documenting clinical research records, and participation in program audits.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related fiel