FYI

 

Colleagues
The Research Associates (RA) Program has grown such in the past year that we now have two positions available for Chief Research Associates.  We are looking for graduating seniors or post-bacs who have solid gpas and test scores for whom a year of clinical research work will have a significant impact on their application to medical school.

Chief RAs

• work as the administrative assistants for the program
• are responsible for day-to-day supervison of the RAs serving in the emergency department as data collectors in our clinical research
• this includes significant patient contact in the emergency department
• have direct involvement in all aspects of the research from study initiation through publication
• this includes work to associate authorship on a clinical paper.
• participate in all research meetings
• this includes presenting our work to the Institutional Review Board and at regional and national meetings
• assist in recruiting new RAs and their orientation to the program
• this includes formal lecturing and direct bedside teaching

These are

• one-year commitments of approximately twenty (20) hours per week starting in mid-May and ending when medical school starts..
• unfunded, except for grants
• Chiefs will be a part of the grant-writing process, so they will "sing for their supper"
• in the past, Chiefs have routinely held other paying positions

So far, all of our Chiefs have matriculated to medical school, except one, who went on to a PhD program in clinical research.

Details on the website:  www.RAProgram.org. 

If you know someone who might fit the bill as one of our Chiefs, please have them contact me at this e-mail address.

By the way, we have received more applications for this summer's RA semester than in any other year.  There are still slots available, but it's "first come, first serve" until positions are filled.  Again, details at www.RAProgram.org.

Thanks for your help in sending your good students on to our clinical research program.. 

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All the best.

Keith
Keith Bradley, MD
Director, Research Associates Program
www.RAProgram.org
(203) 374-2906 (w)
(203) 767-6363 (c)