Clinical Research Scientist - Neuro Oncology
- Requisition #: 173219
- Department: Neuro Oncology
- Location: Houston, TX
- Posted Date: 2/11/2025
The primary purpose of the Clinical Research Scientist is to provide planning, designing, organizing, supervising and coordinating of research projects for NeuroOncology, by applying scientific and technical expertise and experience. The Clinical Research Scientist assumes responsibility for day-to-day administrative matters for clinical trials and translational research data and ensures the quality of resulting publications. And encompasses activities related with project development, project management and scientific writing, by planning, organizing, coordinating with labs, and implementing clinical, preclinical and translational research projects. A high percentage of the scope of this position will be in a business support environment with limited or no bench work functions. This position requires writing and editing experience in a scientific arena.
KEY FUNCTIONS
Clinical and translational research projects and initiatives:
Assist director and chair in projects related to the development and design of correlative and translational research by implementation of concepts and proposals while ensuring the value and feasibility.
Develop and maintain standard procedures and protocols to ensure the quality and integrity of research workflow and data to be obtained.
Identify and implement strategies to enhance collaboration between investigators and clinical or research scientists.
Serves as an independent abstractor in the review, and abstract medical and scientific information and provide lay language versions when required, analysis and interpretation of data.
Creates and maintains patient tracking using institutional databases. Ensures records are kept in accordance with state, institutional and study guidelines.
Data Collection and Analysis:
Review protocol documents including abstracts, text, and informed consent for relevant information.
Review medical records to extract data points independently.
Review and evaluate clinical protocol and translational research data, including laboratory correlates data.
Ensure that the relevant clinical including, bio-specimen and biomarker data is collected at designated stages in the treatment process.
Maintains comprehensive, accurate, up-to-date records on patients enrolled on Neuro Oncology studies.
Provide sound data analysis and interpretation of results for manuscripts and grant research plans.
Prepare data and information related to protocols, grants, abstracts, and manuscript submissions, as needed.
Compiles project data for manuscript submission and publication and conducts extensive reviews of literature, as needed.
Scientific Knowledge:
Formulate documents as necessary and edit existing documents to ensure proper documentation of each project.
Collaborate with coworkers to ensure projects are moving forward in a timely fashion, proactively reporting when projects are delayed for any reason.
Establish and institute project and sample tracking processes, including approaches to ensure accurate identification and tracking of samples.
Facilitate the collection of specimens as outlined in assigned protocol/project.
Meet with Principal Investigators, director, collaborators, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure understanding of protocol requirements to ensure specimen collection for Proactive, Fitbit projects.
Performs descriptive and exploratory queries and reports using the databases.
Provides regular updates to all relevant research teams and physicians.
Collaborates on the research findings and participates in the presentation of research results via verbal presentations, abstracts, publications, and posters.
Compiles project data for manuscript submission and publication and conducts extensive review of literature.
Coordination activities related to Trials:
Coordinate, evaluate, and follow the patient's participation in clinical settings. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team as necessary to document patient care, achieve objectives of Proactive projects.
Manages reports on the database for various Neuro Oncology projects.
Maintains and archives study administration files.
Maintains comprehensive, accurate, up-to-date records on patients enrolled on studies
Enters relevant clinical data at designed stages in the treatment process and maintains ongoing patient files in appropriate databases.
Builds and runs QC reports and alerts pertaining to the efficient functioning of the project.
Performs descriptive and exploratory analyses and reports.
Provides regular updates to all relevant research teams and physicians.
Communicate verbally and in writing, as needed or as requested by the principal investigator of the study, with internal reviewers or external agencies (pharmaceutical companies and /or government sponsors).
Complete forms and comply with institutional, state, and federal agencies; prepare reports for the surveillance committee and the sponsoring agencies as specified in the reporting requirements.
Understand and adhere to the policies and procedures related to conduct of clinical trials as delineated in the department training manual and presented at weekly training meetings.
Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
Required:
PhD or Medical degree.
EXPERIENCE
Preferred:
Previous Regulatory and Patient Consenting - clinical experience.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
Additional Information
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KEY FUNCTIONS
Clinical and translational research projects and initiatives:
Assist director and chair in projects related to the development and design of correlative and translational research by implementation of concepts and proposals while ensuring the value and feasibility.
Develop and maintain standard procedures and protocols to ensure the quality and integrity of research workflow and data to be obtained.
Identify and implement strategies to enhance collaboration between investigators and clinical or research scientists.
Serves as an independent abstractor in the review, and abstract medical and scientific information and provide lay language versions when required, analysis and interpretation of data.
Creates and maintains patient tracking using institutional databases. Ensures records are kept in accordance with state, institutional and study guidelines.
Data Collection and Analysis:
Review protocol documents including abstracts, text, and informed consent for relevant information.
Review medical records to extract data points independently.
Review and evaluate clinical protocol and translational research data, including laboratory correlates data.
Ensure that the relevant clinical including, bio-specimen and biomarker data is collected at designated stages in the treatment process.
Maintains comprehensive, accurate, up-to-date records on patients enrolled on Neuro Oncology studies.
Provide sound data analysis and interpretation of results for manuscripts and grant research plans.
Prepare data and information related to protocols, grants, abstracts, and manuscript submissions, as needed.
Compiles project data for manuscript submission and publication and conducts extensive reviews of literature, as needed.
Scientific Knowledge:
Formulate documents as necessary and edit existing documents to ensure proper documentation of each project.
Collaborate with coworkers to ensure projects are moving forward in a timely fashion, proactively reporting when projects are delayed for any reason.
Establish and institute project and sample tracking processes, including approaches to ensure accurate identification and tracking of samples.
Facilitate the collection of specimens as outlined in assigned protocol/project.
Meet with Principal Investigators, director, collaborators, and multidisciplinary teams to ensure understanding of protocol requirements to ensure specimen collection for Proactive, Fitbit projects.
Performs descriptive and exploratory queries and reports using the databases.
Provides regular updates to all relevant research teams and physicians.
Collaborates on the research findings and participates in the presentation of research results via verbal presentations, abstracts, publications, and posters.
Compiles project data for manuscript submission and publication and conducts extensive review of literature.
Coordination activities related to Trials:
Coordinate, evaluate, and follow the patient's participation in clinical settings. Collaborate with the multidisciplinary team as necessary to document patient care, achieve objectives of Proactive projects.
Manages reports on the database for various Neuro Oncology projects.
Maintains and archives study administration files.
Maintains comprehensive, accurate, up-to-date records on patients enrolled on studies
Enters relevant clinical data at designed stages in the treatment process and maintains ongoing patient files in appropriate databases.
Builds and runs QC reports and alerts pertaining to the efficient functioning of the project.
Performs descriptive and exploratory analyses and reports.
Provides regular updates to all relevant research teams and physicians.
Communicate verbally and in writing, as needed or as requested by the principal investigator of the study, with internal reviewers or external agencies (pharmaceutical companies and /or government sponsors).
Complete forms and comply with institutional, state, and federal agencies; prepare reports for the surveillance committee and the sponsoring agencies as specified in the reporting requirements.
Understand and adhere to the policies and procedures related to conduct of clinical trials as delineated in the department training manual and presented at weekly training meetings.
Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION
Required:
PhD or Medical degree.
EXPERIENCE
Preferred:
Previous Regulatory and Patient Consenting - clinical experience.
It is the policy of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center to provide equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by institutional policy or by federal, state or local laws unless such distinction is required by law. http://www.mdanderson.org/about-us/legal-and-policy/legal-statements/eeo-affirmative-action.html
Additional Information
- Requisition ID: 173219
- Employment Status: Full-Time
- Employee Status: Regular
- Work Week: Days
- Minimum Salary: US Dollar (USD) 66,500
- Midpoint Salary: US Dollar (USD) 83,000
- Maximum Salary : US Dollar (USD) 99,500
- FLSA: exempt and not eligible for overtime pay
- Fund Type: Soft
- Work Location: Onsite
- Pivotal Position: Yes
- Referral Bonus Available?: Yes
- Relocation Assistance Available?: Yes
- Science Jobs: No
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