Research Assistant, BIONIC
The Brain Injury Outcomes NeuroImaging Center (BIONIC) in the Department of Neurology is seeking a Research Assistant, BIONIC to support the Brain Injury Outcomes Services (BIOS) Clinical Trials Coordinating Center (CTCC). The BIOS CTCC manages multi-center, 30+ million dollar federally funded clinical trials and multiple site-specific pharmaceutical sponsored trials. The Research Assistant, BIONIC will provide support to the division faculty, administrators, and research personnel.
BIONIC is BIOS CTCC’s core image lab and reading center and has developed innovative, accurate methods for the qualitative and quantitative volumetric analysis of brain lesions, as well as general image acquisition, harmonization, de-identification, archiving, and management protocols across a spectrum of imaging modalities. Specific imaging modalities that BIONIC has experience with include CT, CTA, MRI, fMRI, PET, echocardiogram, ultrasound, and others. BIONIC also utilizes machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to help optimize workflows and productivity. BIONIC has successfully combined image and data management systems to produce meaningfully designed reports of outcomes, surgical performance, drug delivery, infection tracking, new events, and adverse event tracking across multiple clinical trials targeting a range of therapeutic areas.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
- Perform general analysis of quality and usability of CT and MR scans acquired for clinical trial evaluations on a daily basis, upon completion of our internal education and training program.
- Prepare summaries and reports of findings to study management, as well as personnel at participating sites
- Catalogue and archive neuroimaging studies for organized analysis and general clinical trial recordkeeping
- Perform data entry and data editing, assist with basic data management tasks such as running queries on existing databases, organizing and editing data, and conducting reliability checks.
- Maintain multiple on-line regulatory documents files.
- Maintain multi-center research ethics committee approvals, assist with annual reports, IRB applications, and FDA reporting.
- Handle source documents; perform literature searches; write summaries; assist writing grants and standard operational procedures; prepare journal manuscripts;
- Comply with all regulatory and institutional requirements related to clinical research.
- Collate, distribute, and ship documents.
- Provide analytical support to data analysts and general research support, including preparing PowerPoint presentations and general correspondence.
- Participate in project related meetings and develop and implement needed quality control procedures and perform required tasks
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
- Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of medical terminology highly desired.
- Some knowledge of machine language is a plus.
Classified Title: Research Assistant
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Assistant, BIONIC
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD
Starting Salary Range: Min $17.00 - Max $30.00 HRLY ($48,880 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt
Location: Hybrid/School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Neuro BIOS
Personnel area: School of Medicine
Total Rewards
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Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:
JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
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