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Comprehensive
Program
on
Obesity
- Available
Positions
as of
9/26/16
The NYU
Langone
Comprehensive Program
on
Obesity aims
to better understand, treat
and
manage
obesity
at the
population and
clinical
levels, and
strives
to prevent
and
cure the
disease
within one
generation.
Obesity
is
complex
and
multi-faceted,
with
genetic,
environmental, social, and
medical causes.
This
complexity
may
be
why we
currently have
limited
evidence-based approaches
for the
prevention,
treatment
and
management
of obesity.
To better address
obesity,
we
must develop a
more
complete understanding
of
how
health
behaviors are
shaped
through integrating
cutting edge
observations
and
discoveries from
population
health,
clinical
and basic
science.
We work
across
four
domains: multidisciplinary
research, data
science,
clinical
care, and
education. Our cross-cutting
research
program engages
researchers
across the
NYU
Langone Medical
Center’s
(NYULMC).
Drawing
on
our strengths, we
will create
a “databridge” capable
of
integrating
large
amounts of
complex
data
to determine
unique causal
pathways
and
strategies for treating
and
preventing
obesity.
Key
insights
will
be translated
into
real,
evidence-based
obesity prevention, treatment, and
management solutions.
We
are
currently seeking to
fill the following
positions:
Further
details
are
below. To apply,
send
resume
and
cover letter
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title of
the job
you are
seeking in the
subject line.
POSITION SUMMARY: This
senior-level
project manager with a strong
scientific
background
(human
subjects and/or bench
research)
oversees
studies
examining
weight trajectory outcomes
for bariatric
surgery
patients.
This
individual
is a
scientific partner and
also
has
substantial
leadership and
administrative
responsibilities.
JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Research
Development:
Creatively
helps
PI to shape the
research
protocol. Assists
in
measurement
development,
survey design,
data
management. Develops
and
writes protocols
and
plans
to ensure
studies
are
properly powered
and
supported, and
data
is
managed.
Anticipates
potential
barriers to
the success
of
the project,
and
suggests
and
implements creative
solutions.
Contributes
insight
regarding
direction
and progress
at stakeholder and
Initiative-wide
meetings.
Prepares
and
delivers
current,
organized
updates. Conducts
data
analyses and
drafts
reports.
2.
Reporting
and
Data
Analysis:
Prepares
progress
reports
to funding
agencies
and
presentations
to sponsoring
and
regulatory
agencies.
Prepares
and
provides
reports
to all
necessary
parties
(e.g.,
the
Principal
Investigator,
sponsoring
agency,
etc.)
on
the progress
of
the
study
as
needed.
Responsible
for database
management,
maintaining
oversight
of
data
collection
procedures
and
monitoring
quality
of
data
collected.
Analyzes
data
collected, formulates, prepares
database
and generates
reports
for review
by
the Principal
Investigator.
Develops
first drafts
of manuscripts,
abstracts,
and
professional
presentations.
3.
Project
Management:
Uses
judgment
to oversee
planning/management
of
study
activities
and
projects,
and
coordinates
with
internal
and
external
parties
to initiate,
run,
and
conclude
this
major
research
program.
Organizes
and
leads
regular
project
meetings.
Develops
study
manual
of
operations
and
staff
training
materials
and
trains
staff
members
on
study
protocol.
Reviews
progress
of
project
and
initiates
appropriate
actions
to achieve
target
objectives.
Communicates
project
status
to Principal
Investigators,
subcontractors, consultants, and
other study
staff.
4.
Financial:
Monitors
budget
throughout
trial
and
recommends
rebudgeting/adjustments
as
appropriate.
Monitors
subcontractors
and
consultants
to ensure
billing
practices
correspond
with
work
performed.
Develops
draft and
final budgets
for new
projects
together
with
Initiative Directors.
5.
NYU
Office
of
Clinical
Trials/IRB:
Prepares
submission
of
necessary
documents
required
by
the
NYU
Institutional
Board
(IRB),
NYU
Office
of
Clinical
Trials in
order
to obtain
approval to conduct
human
subjects’
research.
Liaises
appropriately
with
international
collaborators
on
IRB
submissions
at
international
sites
(if
applicable).
Ensures
the accurate
execution
of
research
protocols
in
accordance
with
Good
Clinical
Practices,
HIPAA
and
required
obligations
to patient/subject,
Principal
Investigator,
research
team
and
the sponsor.
Monitors
any
outward
effects
or
issues
regarding
patient/subject
safety
and
reports this
to the
appropriate
party.
Responsible
for submitting
monthly
enrollment
statistics
to the
Office
of
Clinical
Trials
and
reporting
accruals
to the
funding
agency as
necessary.
6.
Data
Collection:
With
enrolled
patients, complete
necessary
paperwork, questionnaires,
and
tests.
Review
collected
data, edit
obvious
errors, and
obtain
missing information.
Document all
data
accurately and
neatly.
Maintain
patient confidentiality.
Adhere to
adverse
events reporting
protocols.
7.
Participant Tracking:
Track
participant
flow through
the study
and
update tracking
logs
in
an accurate
and timely
manner.
Maintain
participant tracking databases
for compliance
with
data monitoring
and
confidentiality protocols.
Contact participants
to schedule
them for study
visits
and
send retention
reminders.
Engage
patients in
retention.
8.
Data
Management:
Responsible
for collecting
and auditing
patient
information
for the
research project and
entering collected
data
to the
database. This may
include
abstraction of
data
from
the patient chart (e.g., laboratory
or
diagnostic
test results,
surgical/radiation
treatments
delivered,
adverse
drug
reactions, etc.); abstraction
of
data
for publications,
or
data
collection
from outside
physicians’
offices. Audit and
manage
data
in the
database. Prepare
forms
and
reports, compile
and analyze
data, statistics, and
other materials
for reports.
9.
Site Relationships:
Establish
and maintain positive
relationships
with
recruitment sites and
participants. Demonstrate
effective
and
professional communication
with recruitment sites
and
study
participants.
10.
Project
Knowledge: Demonstrate
mastery of
research
protocol. Have a
thorough
knowledge of
current department research
studies
and
their rationales.
11.
Research
Administration:
Assist
with
research administration,
which
could include
editing abstracts, manuscripts,
and
grants
and
preparing
materials for
submission
to internal
oversight
offices
such
as the Office
of
Clinical
Trials or
the Institutional
Review
Board.
12.
Sample
collection: May
receive
and
facilitate
storage
of biological
samples.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Associates
degree
with
minimum
2 years
of
Research
Assistant
experience
or
project
coordination
in
a research
setting.
Or Bachelor’s
degree
with
1 year
of
experience
Highly
organized.
Excellent
interpersonal,
writing
and
verbal communication
skills.
Proficiency
in
using
various
Microsoft
Office
applications
such
as Word,
Excel,
Access, Power
Point
and
Outlook. Familiar
with
Internet applications.
Ability
to interface
effectively
with
all levels
of
management
and
must
work
and
communicate effectively
with
both internal
and external
customers.
Ability
to work
within a
team environment
as well
as
independently.
PREFERRED
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s
degree
or Master’s
Experience
assisting with
clinical research
Patient-facing
experience
POSITION
SUMMARY:
Assists
with
studies
examining
weight
trajectory
outcomes
for bariatric
surgery
patients
by
conducting
basic
laboratory
bench
research
on
human
subject
materials.
Procures
materials
and
transports
the
material
in
a temperature-appropriate
manner.
Experiments
to include
fluorescence
activated
cell
sorting
of
tissue
samples,
preparation
of
mRNA
and
the performance
of
other
biochemical/molecular
analyses
required
for
the
studies.
Maintains
careful
records
of
the data
procured
from
each
sample
/ subject
and
enter
all
obtained data
into database.
JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Sample
collection:
Retrieve
human
subject
samples
from various
clinics
and
hospital
settings. Work
with
the clinical
coordinators
to arrange
the procurement
of
tissue
from
colleagues
in
a timely
manner.
Arrange
for appropriate
storage.
Ships
samples
as
needed
to collaborators.
2.
Sample
processing:
Process
samples,
including
fluorescence
activated
cell
sorting
of
tissue
samples,
preparation
of
mRNA
or
protein
lysates
from
tissue
samples
and
handling
and
preparation
of
samples
for performance
of
RNA-sequencing
analyses,
real-time
quantitative
PCR,
ELISA,
Western blotting
and
other
molecular
and
biochemical
techniques
required
for the
full
scale
analysis
of
metabolic
tissues.
3.
Record
keeping:
Keep
careful
records
of
all
subject
material
procurement
and
analyses
in
the databases
for coordination
across
the entire
research
team.
Maintains
complete
and
accurate
record
of
all
laboratory procedures.
4.
Laboratory
responsibilities:
Laboratory
duties
such
as
ordering
of
supplies
and
preparation
and
shipment
of
materials
to
distinct
collaborators.
5.
Participant
recruitment
and
tracking:
May
assist
with
recruiting
and
screening
patients,
gathering
patient
information,
and
scheduling
visits
if
needed.
May
assist
with
updating
tracking
logs
and
patient
progress
through
the study
as
well
as general
database
cleaning and
management.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
·
Associates
degree
with
minimum
three
years
of
experience
in
basic
biomedical
research.
·
Experience
with
fluorescence
activated
cell
sorting
of
tissue
samples,
preparation
of
mRNA
or
protein
lysates
from tissue
samples
and
handling
and
preparation
of
samples
for performance
of
RNA-
sequencing
analyses,
real-time
quantitative
PCR,
ELISA,
Western blotting
and
other
molecular
and
biochemical
techniques
required
for
the full
scale
analysis of
metabolic
tissues.
·
Highly
organized.
·
Excellent
interpersonal,
writing
and
verbal communication
skills.
·
Proficiency
in
using
various
Microsoft
Office
applications
such
as
Word,
Excel,
Access,
Power
Point
and
Outlook.
Familiar
with
Internet
applications.
·
Ability
to interface
effectively
with
all
levels
of
management
and
must
work
and
communicate
effectively
with
both
internal
and
external
collaborators.
·
Ability
to
work within a
team
environment
as well
as
independently.
PREFERRED
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s
degree
WORKING
CONDITIONS
Research
Data
Associate
(translational
research)
-2
needed
POSITION
SUMMARY: Assists
with
studies
examining
weight
trajectory
outcomes
for bariatric
surgery
patients.
This
includes
recruiting, screening
and enrolling
patients; sample
processing; tracking; and
clinical
and non-clinical
data
entry. As
part
of this
work, the
Associate will
support the
project
by
collecting
and auditing
patient
information;
formatting
and cleaning
data
in databases; ensuring
compliance
with all
study and
regulatory
guidelines;
reviewing
all
data collected
and conferring
with supervisors
on
issues that
deviate
from guidelines; assisting with the
informed
consent process and
ensuring
that the patient
fully
understands
what
is
required of
them throughout
the study. They
will
follow
through regularly
with
the patients,
keeping
them engaged
and
reminding
them of
visits
and
compliance.
JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES
1.
Participant Recruitment:
Recruit and
screen patients
for eligibility.
This
may
include
gathering
information from the
medical
record, physician referral,
advertisement
and
directly scheduling
a visit
to evaluate
the patient/subject. Review
all the
elements of
the screening
process
with the
Principal
Investigator: inclusion/exclusion
criteria,
completed
informed
consent,
documentation
of the
event and
the patient/subject
willingness
to participate
in the study.
2.
Data
Collection:
With
enrolled
patients, complete
necessary
paperwork, questionnaires,
and
tests.
Review
collected
data, edit
obvious
errors, and
obtain
missing information.
Document all
data
accurately and
neatly.
Maintain
patient confidentiality.
Adhere to
adverse
events reporting
protocols.
3.
Participant Tracking:
Track
participant
flow through
the study
and
update tracking
logs
in
an accurate
and timely
manner.
Maintain
participant tracking databases
for compliance
with
data monitoring
and
confidentiality protocols.
Contact participants
to schedule
them for study
visits
and
send retention
reminders.
Engage
patients in
retention.
4.
Data
Management:
Responsible
for collecting
and auditing
patient
information
for the
research project and
entering collected
data
to the
database. This may
include
abstraction of
data
from
the patient chart (e.g., laboratory
or
diagnostic
test results,
surgical/radiation
treatments
delivered,
adverse
drug
reactions, etc.); abstraction
of
data
for publications,
or
data
collection
from outside
physicians’
offices. Audit and
manage
data
in the
database. Prepare
forms
and
reports, compile
and analyze
data, statistics, and
other materials
for reports.
5.
Site Relationships:
Establish
and maintain positive
relationships
with
recruitment sites and
participants. Demonstrate
effective
and
professional communication
with recruitment sites
and
study
participants.
6.
Project
Knowledge: Demonstrate
mastery of
research
protocol. Have a
thorough
knowledge of
current department research
studies
and
their rationales.
7.
Research
Administration:
Assist
with
research administration,
which
could include
editing abstracts, manuscripts,
and
grants
and
preparing
materials for
submission
to internal
oversight
offices
such
as the Office
of
Clinical
Trials or
the Institutional
Review
Board.
8.
Sample
collection: May
receive
and
facilitate
storage
of biological
samples.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Associates
degree
with
minimum
2 years
of
Research
Assistant
experience
or
project
coordination
in
a research
setting.
Or Bachelor’s
degree
with
1 year
of
experience
Highly
organized.
Excellent
interpersonal,
writing
and
verbal communication
skills.
Proficiency
in
using
various
Microsoft
Office
applications
such
as Word,
Excel,
Access, Power
Point
and
Outlook. Familiar
with
Internet applications.
Ability
to interface
effectively
with
all levels
of
management
and
must
work
and
communicate effectively
with
both internal
and external
customers.
Ability
to work
within a
team environment
as well
as
independently.
PREFERRED
QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s
degree
or Master’s
Experience
assisting with
clinical research
Patient-facing
experience