Posting Details
Classification Title:
Research Assistant
Working Title:
Research Assistant
Campus:
UNC-Chapel Hill
Region:
Piedmont/Triangle
Job Summary:
This position will be devoted solely to UNCâ??s Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit, a federally funded research project. The duties of this position include but are not limited to assisting with recruitment of patients in a busy clinic setting, recruiting from L&D, completing data collection and entry, assisting with protocol visits, specimen collection, specimen processing, and assisting primary research coordinator. Other tasks may be assigned by the supervisor or principal investigator. Patients will be recruited for multiple ongoing clinical trials in outlying clinics affiliated with UNC, at UNC, at Wake County Health Department and WakeMed clinic and hospital and Rex Healthcare. Once patients are recruited, data is collected on formatted data collection forms. Depending on the protocol, the patients are seen weekly, monthly or even yearly. Once the research assistant has been trained on the various protocols, he/she will be expected to recruit patients where needed. Part of this position will be to maintain contact with study subjects and schedule visits. The specimen processing includes centrifuging the samples, aliquoting into the correct tubes, freezing samples, shipment preparation and shipping (with dry ice at times.)
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Position Number:
P004899
Posting Date:
02/10/2016
Closing Date:
02/17/2016
