Research Program Supervisor

We are seeking a Research Program Supervisor who will be responsible for coordinating administrative, leading education activities, and supporting data management and regulatory activities for single and multi-site research projects. Collaborate with research team and community agencies in the development and implementation of multiple research programs. The position will be the point person to liaison and coordinate with PI, biostatisticians, data managers, research sites, and community partners. This position will supervise research assistants who will work on these projects. Oversee and coordinate meetings with study investigators, community partners, and other project staff.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Asthma Educator

• Serve as lead asthma educator for multiple asthma research programs.
• Provide training and supervision to research staff on asthma education delivery.
• Responsible for writing and editing education procedures, education manuals, and curricula.
• Collaborate with study investigators, external agencies and community partners on development of education materials.
• Deliver education via in person or remote training and workshops.
• Sustain and generate community partnerships to facilitate implementation of research projects.

Research Study Project Management and Activities

• Collaborate with PI in development, testing and evaluation of manuals, questionnaires, and patient evaluations for valid and efficient data collection.
• Develop and implement standard operating procedures and project management documents (eg timelines, checklists).
• Recruit and screen potential study participants according to protocol’s inclusion and exclusion criteria.
• Be knowledgeable of the protocol so that study activities are completed correctly and completely.
• Ensure proper written and/or oral informed consent from each study participant is obtained prior to entering study.
• Ensure appropriate documentation of consent for each study participant.
• Train existing and new staff and student employees/interns to comply with the study protocol.
• Coordinate services and the communication of pertinent information to study participants and research partners (academic, clinical, and community).
• Provide study status reports on a determined schedule covering asthma education activities and recruitment and retention of participants.
• Conduct study visits over the phone, video call, or in person.
• Conduct and track follow-up assessments in a timely fashion.
• Responsible for troubleshooting participant difficulties with assessment completion.
• Collect data including abstracting data from audio, paper and electronic records and conducting baseline and follow-up interviews over the phone or in person.
• Provide initial and ongoing training to external research sites in high quality data management practices and study-specific protocols. Organize and lead study-specific meetings to convey essential information and training.
• Meets regularly with members of the research team to review overall study progress. Participates in, and prepares material, for these meetings. May make recommendations for resolutions to new/outstanding operational issues.
• Trains research staff on job functions and perform quality assurance reviews for clinical studies.
• Monitor staff in regard to their adherence to protocols for the recruitment of participants and delivery of study procedures to participants and clinicians. Manage study procedures concerns and/or issue that arise during visit assessments. Troubleshoot participant difficulties with assessment or intervention completion.
• Manages purchasing of supplies and equipment including direct vendor relations.

Research Regulatory Management

• Work with Principal Investigator and co-investigators to develop recruitment tools and strategies for assigned study(s), which include protocol/study specific data collection forms and study manual of procedures.
• Assist in the preparation of IRB applications for multiple research protocols including multi-site protocols including reliance agreements
• Assist in the preparation and coordination of DSMB and community advisory board reports and agendas.
• Assist in the preparation of sponsor reports.

Data Analysis and Management

• Data management responsibilities include Input, organize, edit, and verify accuracy of data in databases.
• Complete status update reports accurately and in a timely fashion to inform PI.
• Analysis of qualitative interviews and focus group data using a qualitative coding platform. Participating in every stage of the qualitative analysis process from creating a code book, to coding transcripts, to analyzing coded material.
• Analysis of qualitative interviews and focus group data using rapid qualitative analysis methodologies.
• May assist in preparation of manuscripts, performing data analyses, preparing data tables, or coauthoring sections.
• Provide the necessary data to investigators and external sites to assist with the preparation of IRB, sponsor reports and subcontract documents.
• Help administer the data quality assurance plan including data cleaning and processes for timely resolution of queries. Assist the data management team with resolution of data inconsistencies and maintaining protocol statistics.
• Coordinate with PI and staff to define, implement, validate, and update database management systems.
• Oversee the collection, organization, management, and reporting of research data at participating external and internal centers. Liaison with the study sites regarding technical difficulties, data completeness and accuracy and completion of data queries as they pertains to recruitment, retention, intervention fidelity, and outcome data capture.

Other

• Understand the importance/impact of data integrity regarding honest reporting of sensitive and confidential patient information.
• Adhere to guidelines regarding the sensitivity and confidential nature of patient information.
• Exercise good judgment, tact, and sensitivity at all times while working in busy hospital clinic and community environments.
• Participate in weekly staff meetings to report on recruitment progress. May make recommendations for resolutions to new/outstanding operational issues. May assist in coordinating study(s) meetings, including developing an agenda and reports.
• Work independently and under the direction of the PI to ensure successful completion of the clinical research study.
• This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.

Scope of Responsibility

• Knows the informal policies, procedures, and practices necessary to conduct the normal function of a specific section, unit, or work area. Is aware of the role of the position and its potential impact on the working unit.

Decision Making

• Carries out duties and responsibilities with limited supervision. Makes decisions and establishes work priorities on essentially procedure-oriented operations.

Supervision

• Will work directly under the supervision of the Principal Investigator.

Authority

• Will supervise research assistants and students.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
• Two years related experience, with some supervisory experience strongly preferred.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Research Program Supervisor 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Research Program Supervisor   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CE  
Starting Salary Range: $38,025 - $68,250 Annually ($52,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Hybrid: On-site 3-4 days a week 
Department name: 10002817-SOM DOM Pulmonary 
Personnel area: School of Medicine