HS/Associate Scientist 1 - req# 30990 - University of New Mexico

Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluates, selects and applies standard scientific techniques, procedures, and maintains high efficiency and data quality standards for a variety of research assignments.
• Leads and provides guidance and instruction to staff and students to support research activities and measures.
• Coordinates administrative and fiscal support for the SURE Center operations, including research-related purchasing, documentation, reconciliation, and reporting activities.
• Oversees the institutional and protocol-specific trainings and research certifications are up-to-date and upheld and ensures specific data entry and verification processes through multiple research study platforms and applications.
• Serves as a lead coordinator for recruitment and retention of research participants; coordinates oversight for main and pilot studies to include carrying out standard operating procedures on specific study participant objectives.
• Develop and/or contribute to the publication and/or presentation of results, and the development of grant proposals.
• Develop and maintain manual and electronic files and databases related to project activities and contribute to progress reports as appropriate.
• Maintain a broad knowledge of state-of-the-art research techniques.
• Assists the research team with study activities such as neurodevelopmental assessments, MRI scans of participants, biosensor management and tracking, sample acquisition, processing, and storage.
• Routinely covers after hours and on-call evenings and weekends to ensure sample acquisition and processing within 3-hour study protocol window.

See the Position Description for additional information.

• For individual positions in which driving is a job requirement, a valid NM driver's license and valid UNM driver's permit will be required.
• Successful candidate must submit to post-offer, pre-employment physical examination and medical history check.

Bachelor's degree; at least 3 years of experience directly related to the duties and responsibilities specified.

Completed degree(s) from an accredited institution that are above the minimum education requirement may be substituted for experience on a year for year basis.

• Prior research experience with multi-faceted clinical studies.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary and deadline-oriented environment.
• Prior experience in screening, recruiting and interviewing patients for a research study.
• Training and prior experience in collecting and processing biological samples.
• Coordinating study visits in clinical studies.
• Experience with IRB/compliance and/or recordkeeping for quality assurance and quality control.

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