The Research Assistant I assists an Investigator, Research Associate or Project Manager with operationalizing the tasks associated with implementing a research study. This includes a variety of tasks related to recruitment, data collection, data management, and reporting of results.

• Recruits and consents research participants.


• Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with participants including screening for eligibility.


• Performs follow-up (by telephone, e-mail and/or mail) with study participants.


• Prepares, mails and processes questionnaires and other study correspondence.


• Assist in tracking study participants using MS Excel.


• Keeps accurate and detailed records and files of work.


• Reviews, edits, cleans and enters participant data into a database.


• May assist with literature reviews for proposal submissions and manuscript preparation.


• Bookkeeping related to study budgets (ordering supplies, requesting checks for payment & participant incentives).


• Miscellaneous administrative tasks (typing labels, copying, faxing, meeting preparation, note-taking, transcribing audio files, etc.).

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• Bachelors degree in science, social science, allied health science, public health or medical OR four (4) years of experience in a directly related field. High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) required.

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• Knowledge of a health care or public health environment from previous experience or education.
• Demonstrated knowledge of computer software for databases and word processing (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, & Access).
• Experience using the internet.
• Familiar with online literature searching.
• Familiar with medical terminology.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Highly organized, able to handle a wide range and varying levels of tasks and activities.

• Minimum one (1) year of experience working in a research setting with patient contact preferred.