Research Associate- Emergency Medicine (50-100%)

$44,429 - $44,429/Yr

University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA

Full-time - Entry Level

Iowa City, IA

Educational Services

About the position

The Department of Emergency Medicine (EM) at the University of Iowa is seeking a Research Associate to play a pivotal role in developing, coordinating, and reporting on various research activities within the department. This position is designed to support the research initiatives under the guidance of a Principal Investigator (PI). Depending on the qualifications and desired percent effort of the candidates, this role may be filled as a single full-time Research Associate at 100% or as two part-time Research Associates at 50% each. The Research Associate will serve as a data analyst and project lead, overseeing specific projects related to Emergency Medicine. Key responsibilities include managing the entire lifecycle of research projects, which encompasses data collection, database design and revisions, implementation, and maintenance. The role also involves conducting statistical analyses and interpreting results for peer-reviewed manuscripts associated with the projects. A high level of collaboration, attention to detail, accuracy, and independent judgment is essential for success in this position. The Research Associate will also be responsible for reconciling and administering payments for travel and department reimbursements, maintaining research work schedules, and managing cash handling processes for research activities. In addition to project management, the Research Associate will assist with grant budget management, IRB submissions, and compliance. They will co-mentor medical students, residents, fellows, and research assistants involved in emergency medicine research, ensuring they are well-versed in all aspects of human subjects' research. The position requires effective communication with research participants through various channels, including phone calls, emails, and social media. The Research Associate will also be tasked with developing and maintaining electronic databases, reviewing literature, and presenting findings at departmental and national meetings. This is a specified term position, with the potential for reappointment under certain conditions, and it offers a unique opportunity to contribute to impactful research in the field of Emergency Medicine.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile and administer payments for monthly travel and department reimbursements.
• Maintain and communicate research work schedules.
• Manage cash handling process for research activities.
• Manage research information technology access permissions and directory structure.
• Track strategic goal progress.
• Serve as back-up for the project PIs for research business and administration as needed.
• Participate in the design and execution of Emergency Medicine related research studies.
• Provide grant budget management.
• Assist Emergency Medicine with IRB submissions and compliance.
• Co-mentor medical students, residents, fellows, and research assistants contributing to emergency medicine research activities.
• Provide project management including tracking progress and facilitating communication between all project sites.
• Coordinate focus group sessions with participants.
• Track research progress on scholarly projects, and manuscript preparation and submission.
• Communicate with research participants through various channels.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of electronic databases, such as RedCap or Qualtrics.
• Review literature as requested and critically review literature to develop new hypotheses.
• Design portions of the methodology or approach of research plans.
• Monitor, test and evaluate current procedures.
• Collect, analyze, and summarize qualitative and quantitative data.
• Identify and adhere to Quality Assurance practices to maintain validity and integrity of research data.
• Assist in the design of protocol manuals, questionnaires, and forms.
• Present results/findings at team and departmental meetings; may present at local and national meetings.
• Make recommendations regarding the validity of research subjects and data.
• Submission and maintenance of all clinical trials in the clinicaltrials.gov database.
• Provide ongoing training on fundamental and emerging clinical research techniques and protocols for research assistants.
• Provide direction, assignments, feedback, coaching and counseling to track progress and assure outcomes are achieved.

Requirements

• A Master's degree in a science or health field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One year experience with research related project management or other related responsibilities.
• Ability to work collaboratively with other researchers, medical students, residents and faculty.
• Ability to plan, organize and monitor projects to ensure projects meet deadlines.
• Demonstrated organizational and project management skills.
• Experience using SAS, R, or similar quantitative analysis software AND/OR experience using Dedoose, NVivo, MaxQDA or similar qualitative analysis software.
• Minimum of one year of experience participating in the design or conduct of research.
• Experience completing human subjects/IRB applications.

Nice-to-haves

• 1+ years public contact/customer service experience.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize duties, meet deadlines, and conduct timely and detailed follow-up with minimal supervision.
• Minimum one year of experience conducting human subjects' research.
• Previous experience writing scientific abstracts, peer-reviewed manuscripts, or similar scientific writing.
• Previous experience with the development of online databases.
• Previous experience supervising, mentoring, or teaching human subject or clinical research designs and conduct.
• Experience with EndNote software or equivalent bibliography management software.
• Experience with use of Microsoft Teams.
• Previous grant development and submission experience.
• Perform complex statistical computations, prepare final statistical reports and data presentations, and develop catalog reference system for data.
• Develop data base code books, entry and management protocols, and syntheses of analytic steps.
• Provide project management over complex datasets including data queries and cleaning.
• Experience in qualitative research methods, including ethnography, grounded theory, case studies, and phenomenology.
• Proficiency in qualitative data collection methods such as interviews, focus groups, participant observation, and document analysis.
• Experience in coding qualitative data and identifying themes, patterns, and insights.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Dental insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• 401k benefit for retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement