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| n | 1 | Job Description: | n | 1 | The Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF is home to leading physicians and scientists dedicate |
| > | d to treating patients with neurosurgical disorders and to the search for better therapies and cures | ||||
| > | . The UCSF Epilepsy Center is one of the largest epilepsy surgery centers in the United States. Our | ||||
| > | mission is to provide the best clinical care to our patients, investigate the most promising advance | ||||
| > | s in neuroscience research, and train tomorrow's leaders in neurosurgery. | ||||
| 2 | The Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF is home to leading physicians and scientists dedicate | ||||
| > | d to treating patients with neurosurgical disorders and to the search for better therapies and cures | ||||
| > | . The UCSF Epilepsy Center is one of the largest epilepsy surgery centers in the United States. Our | ||||
| > | mission is to provide the best clinical care to our patients, investigate the most promising advance | ||||
| > | s in neuroscience research, and train tomorrow's leaders in neurosurgery. We are recognized by U.S N | ||||
| > | ews & World Report to be the #2 hospital for neurosurgery and neurology services in the country. We | ||||
| > | have neurosurgery services at all major hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area, providing a full ra | ||||
| > | nge of exceptional neurosurgical subspecialty care. The Clinical Research Coordinator will, independ | ||||
| > | ently or as directed by the Principal Investigator (PI, Dr. Chang), execute, manage and coordinate c | ||||
| > | linical and/or research protocols, and may coordinate the data collection and operations of several | ||||
| > | concurrent clinical research studies. Primary responsibilities will include acquisition, preparation | ||||
| > | , testing, and maintenance of electronic recording hardware, technical set-ups for research data col | ||||
| > | lection in the operative setting, data-collection from patients, generation and dissemination of cli | ||||
| > | nical data and visualizations, conversion of data to usable data formats, and management of data fil | ||||
| > | es. Secondary responsibilities include development and improvement of hardware and software platform | ||||
| > | s used for data collection, analysis of multi-modal neural and behavioral datasets, and assistance w | ||||
| > | ith experiment planning and study logistics. Other responsibilities may include administrative suppo | ||||
| > | rt for clinical research, including activities relating to regulatory approvals, consent documentati | ||||
| > | on. In all cases, collegial and productive interactions with laboratory personnel, other clinical an | ||||
| > | d research colleagues, administration colleagues, and patients and families will be essential. | ||||
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| t | 4 | Qualifications: | t | 3 | We are recognized by U.S News & World Report to be the #2 hospital for neurosurgery and neurology s |
| > | ervices in the country. We have neurosurgery services at all major hospitals in the San Francisco Ba | ||||
| > | y Area, providing a full range of exceptional neurosurgical subspecialty care. | ||||
| 5 | Required Qualifications: - Experience working in the context of a hospital or research setting - Hig | 4 | |||
| > | h School Diploma; and/or equivalent experience/training - Attention to detail; strong interpersonal | ||||
| > | skills; excellent, effective verbal and written communication skills to coordinate with subjects, te | ||||
| > | am members, other departments and outside institutions; and the ability to multi-task in a fast-pace | ||||
| > | d and clinically sensitive environment while working with a diverse subject population - Ability to | ||||
| > | work well independently, complete projects in a timely manner, and prioritize multiple projects to e | ||||
| > | nsure the completion of essential tasks by deadlines - Understanding of patient population to create | ||||
| > | rapport and a relationship, while also giving insight to what is realistic and appropriate for pati | ||||
| > | ent participation - Proficient experience working with MS Office and web-based interfaces - Experien | ||||
| > | ce in pro-actively applying problem solving skills to maintain database integrity, identifying and c | ||||
| > | orrecting errors as needed - Experience in rapidly learning and understanding clinical challenges fa | ||||
| > | ced by the study population with the ability to use this knowledge to establish rapport and interact | ||||
| > | sensitively and effectively with subjects Preferred Qualifications: - Graduation with BA or BS in b | ||||
| > | iological or computer sciences or related field - Relevant clinical/basic research experience - Six | ||||
| > | months of independent programming/data analysis experience - Experience with computer-aided design ( | ||||
| > | CAD) software such as SolidWorks or Autodesk Fusion - Experience with analysis of MR-imaging dataset | ||||
| > | s (diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), 3D “native space” r | ||||
| > | econstruction and parcellation using FreeSurfer) - Experience with in-vivo electrophysiological data | ||||
| > | collection, particularly using Neuropixels probes - Familiarity with basic principles of electrical | ||||
| > | engineering - Familiarity with basic principles of linguistics - Familiarity with basic human neuro | ||||
| > | anatomy - Familiarity with basic principles of neuroscience and neurobiology - Familiarity with basi | ||||
| > | c principles of neurological disorders related to speech and language - Experience with object-orien | ||||
| > | ted programming - Fluency in the usage of Committee of Human Research (CHR) IRB-iRIS (formerly iMedR | ||||
| > | IS) for submission, renewal, and modification of protocols through this system - Understanding of pa | ||||
| > | tient population to create rapport and a relationship, while also giving insight to what is realisti | ||||
| > | c and appropriate for patient participation - Certification by the Society of Clinical Research Asso | ||||
| > | ciates or the Association of Clinical Research Professionals - Experience with electronic medical re | ||||
| > | cords. Knowledge of UCSF and departmental policies for dealing with reimbursement, guidelines for re | ||||
| > | search, confidentiality and HIPPA regulations, following the UCSF mission statement and purpose for | ||||
| > | research, and a clear understanding of policies and procedures on patient safety and confidentiality | ||||
| > | (electronic and hard copy medical records, patient charts, communication, etc.); knowledge of medic | ||||
| > | al terminology, research policies and guidelines, guidelines for packing/shipping infectious substan | ||||
| > | ces, database building/analysis, and data management within some of the following: Access, Stata, SA | ||||
| > | SS/ SPSS, and Teleform programming platforms - Quality control procedures: Oversee data integrity; i | ||||
| > | nitiate assessments of the adequacy of existing policies and procedures on subject recruitment, data | ||||
| > | collection, and data management. Update and maintain a procedure manual documenting all study-relat | ||||
| > | ed procedures; help develop a plan to ensure consistency in data collection and data entry. Implemen | ||||
| > | t and maintain periodic quality control procedures - Experience with multi-OS environment including | ||||
| > | Windows, Mac OS, Linux/UNIX - Experience applying the following regulations and guidelines: - Profic | ||||
| > | iency with programming and data analysis in MATLAB or Python or C++ - Good Clinical Practice Guideli | ||||
| > | nes - Health Information and Accountability Act (HIPAA) - The Protection of Human Research Subjects | ||||
| > | - CHR regulations for recruitment and consent of research subjects - Effective Cash Handling Procedu | ||||
| > | res - Environmental Health and Safety Training - Fire Safety Training | ||||
| 5 | The Clinical Research Coordinator will, independently or as directed by the Principal Investigator | ||||
| > | (PI, Dr. Chang), execute, manage and coordinate clinical and/or research protocols, and may coordina | ||||
| > | te the data collection and operations of several concurrent clinical research studies. | ||||
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| 7 | Primary responsibilities will include acquisition, preparation, testing, and maintenance of electro | ||||
| > | nic recording hardware, technical set-ups for research data collection in the operative setting, dat | ||||
| > | a-collection from patients, generation and dissemination of clinical data and visualizations, conver | ||||
| > | sion of data to usable data formats, and management of data files. | ||||
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| 9 | Secondary responsibilities include development and improvement of hardware and software platforms u | ||||
| > | sed for data collection, analysis of multi-modal neural and behavioral datasets, and assistance with | ||||
| > | experiment planning and study logistics. | ||||
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| 11 | Other responsibilities may include administrative support for clinical research, including activiti | ||||
| > | es relating to regulatory approvals, consent documentation. In all cases, collegial and productive i | ||||
| > | nteractions with laboratory personnel, other clinical and research colleagues, administration collea | ||||
| > | gues, and patients and families will be essential. | ||||