Clinical Research Coordinator II, Emory University School of Medicine

Job Description

• Handles administrative activities generally associated with the conduct of clinical trials.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff.
• Manages research project databases, develops flow sheets and other study related documents, and completes source documents/case report forms.
• Interfaces with research participants, determines eligibility and consents study participants according to protocol.
• Approves orders for supplies and equipment maintenance.
• Assists in developing recruitment strategies and conducting screenings for study participants including interviews and questionnaires.
• Supervises collection of study specimens and processing.
• Establishes case packages for study procedures, monitors scheduling of procedures and charges, coordinates other services as needed.
• Ensures compliance with research protocols, reviews case report forms and audits for accuracy with source documents, attends monitoring meetings with sponsors.
• Prepares regulatory submissions. With appropriate credentialing and training.
• May perform phlebotomy or diagnostics.
• Performs related approved responsibilities as required. 

Minimum Qualifications

1. High School Diploma or GED and five years of clinical research experience. OR
2. Two years of college in a scientific, health related, or business administration program and three years clinical research experience OR
3. Licensed as a practical nurse (LPN) and two years clinical research experience OR
4. Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, health related, or business administration related program and one year of clinical research experience OR
5. Master’s degree, MD or PhD in a scientific, health related or business administration program

How to Apply

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Health Policy Analyst I, Maryland Department of Health

Position Description 

This full time contractual position will support and enhance public health surveillance and detection capacities of OP&R by coordinating biosurveillance and other drug-overdose monitoring and analysis activities resulting in improved public health services, policies, and programs.

Qualifications 

Minimum Qualifications 

• Education: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Experience: One year of experience evaluating, analyzing, researching and developing health care services, policies and programs.
• Note:  A Master’s degree in Health Sciences, Health Care Administration, Public Health, Public Policy or closely related field may be substituted for the required experience.

Preferred Qualifications 

• The desired candidate should have experience/education in biosurveillance and/or working with morbidity or mortality data sets/systems, knowledge/experience summarizing data analysis and recommendations into reports, presentations and/or policy proposals and knowledge/experience working/addressing the Opioid epidemic.

Application Information 

• Application Deadline: December 23rd, 2020
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Data Analysis Fellowship, CDC

Description 

Three research opportunities are currently available with the Prevention Research and Translation Branch, within the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia. 

NCBDDD’s mission is to improve the health of children and adults by preventing birth defects and developmental disabilities, and complications of heredity blood disorders; promoting optimal child development, and the health and wellness among children and adults living with disabilities. The Birth Defects Monitoring and Research Branch conducts birth defects surveillance and research into the possible causes and long term outcomes of birth defects. The purpose of this research opportunity is to provide an educational experience to individuals interested in the field of public health and reproductive and birth defects epidemiology. Opportunities are aimed at furthering the health communication science, epidemiological and analytical knowledge of participants. Participants will train within the Birth Defects Monitoring and Research Branch in the analysis of public health data, and learn about the design, implementation, and evaluation of public health communication products and activities. Participants are assigned to train on various projects and can expect to gain valuable learning experiences in the development, implementation, and evaluation of health communication campaigns, surveillance and research study management, database cleaning, data analyses, interpretation of the results, writing manuscripts and giving oral presentations. 

Participant training involves:

• literature searches
• translation of scientific research and data into consumer-focused materials
• development and evaluation of social media
• website management
• use of statistical software, analyses of data and summarization of findings
• participation in surveillance and research projects
• preparation of scientific manuscripts, posters, presentations, and fact sheets, and other information
• utilization of MarketScan or other claims or health record data
• assessing risk factors for birth defects and the long term morbidity and mortality of infants born with birth defects
• verbal and written presentations of epidemiologic studies or surveillance activities at scientific conferences 

Qualifications 

The qualified candidate should have received a master’s or doctoral degree in one of the relevant fields, or be currently pursuing one of the degrees and will reach completion by December 2020. Degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date. 

Preferred skills:

• Background in biostatistics or epidemiology, as well as maternal and child health
• Experience in qualitative and quantitative research
• Experience conducting scientific literature searches  

How to Apply 

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• If you have questions, send an email to ORISE [dot] CDC [dot] NCBDDD [at] orau [dot] org. Please include the reference code for this opportunity (CDC-NCBDDD-2021-0030) in your email.

Supervisory Health Scientist, Dept. of Health and Human Services

Position Description 

As a Health Scientist for the Division of Epidemiology, you use extensive knowledge and expertise in research methodology, maternal and child health, and leadership to serve as a program administrator, senior scientist, and supervisor.

Your major duties and responsibilities will include:

• Serving as a technical expert in surveillance programs related to maternal, infant and child health.
• Supervising administrative, technical and/or professional staff and provides leadership and guidance to staff on all matters related to the design, administration and monitoring of the National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH).
• Directing activities that may include performance analytics and research that advances state of the art approaches in population level data collection and public health surveillance for maternal and child health populations.
• Providing expertise and direction on the appropriate application of survey methodology as well as other qualitative and quantitative methods.
• Establishing long and short term program goals, performance measures, policies, objectives and priorities based on knowledge of and professional experience in the field of maternal and child health and maternal and child health research and needs assessment.
• Researching and writing reports or other working documents that provide authoritative guidance on complex and wide-impacting program issues related to the design, administration and management of the NSCH and surveillance efforts for maternal and child health populations.
• Overseeing professional initiatives under contracts, grants and agreements in the performance of work necessary for designing, implementing, and monitoring the NSCH and dissemination of resultant data.

Qualifications 

• You must have a Bachelor’s or graduate degree with major study in an academic field related to the medical field, health sciences or allied sciences appropriate to the work of the position being advertised. This degree must be from an educational program from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained.
• In order to qualify for this position at the GS-14 level, your resume must clearly demonstrate that you have one full year of specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to at least the GS-13 level in the federal service.
• Evaluating population level data related public health and/or health care delivery systems in order to make recommendations regarding the data’s limitations, validity, interpretation, and usefulness; serving as a technical advisor on local, state or national public health data collection and analysis of studies or surveys related to maternal and/or child health (e.g., physical and mental health, health care access and quality, etc.); and, preparing and presenting results in reports, which state research methodology and pertinent findings for use in informing Federal public health care policy direction.

How to Apply 

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