Research Associate

AIDS Healthcare Foundation Research Associate

A Research Associate contributes to AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) by conducting research in clinical trials, device trials, prospective cohort studies, interventional studies, and laboratory research for the Public Health Division Research team involved in HIV and STI testing, treatment, and HIV and STI prevention.

The duties include HIPAA compliant participant recruitment, enrollment, engagement, specimen collection, and processing. This role requires phlebotomy skills, participant swabbing as needed, participating in initiatives like administering vaccinations to the population in need and performing moderately complex testing procedures for HIV and STIs. The Research Associate needs to ensure compliance of all protocols and ethical standards when working on a study.

The Research Associate is also responsible for administrative duties in relation to these research studies including monitoring inventory, packing and shipping logistics, documenting enrolled participants, and creating spreadsheets for tracking various aspects of the studies.

The Research Associate should be well versed with Microsoft Excel spreadsheets for participant records, and enrollment by navigating through the electronic health record system, and other online portals as needed for patient chart reviews and data entry.

The Research Associate is an hourly non-exempt in person position in Los Angeles and will be directly reporting to the Research Program Manager. This role may involve some travel to other AHF sites as needed.

Education and Experience :

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with emphasis in public health or other medical sciences. Will accept four years of equivalent experience in lieu of a Bachelor's Degree if related to healthcare research
• Must have a license in phlebotomy
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience as a research assistant or medical assistant
• Ability to analyze sensitive online health records
• Ability to read data from laboratory reports
• Ability to read and interpret participant documents at AHF clinics
• Basic computer skills and knowledge of excel spreadsheets required
• Ability to communicate clearly and understand in English
• Ability to work independently with limited supervision
• Ability to speak in Spanish is preferred
• Literature review and manuscript writing skills preferred

The Research Associate needs to demonstrate ability to work effectively with people of diverse races, ethnicities, nationalities, sexual orientations, gender identities, socio-economic backgrounds, religions, ages, English-speaking abilities, immigration statuses, and physical abilities in a multicultural environment.

We at AIDS Healthcare Foundation believe that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. The right of equal employment opportunity extends to recruiting, hiring selection, transfer, promotion, training and all other conditions of employment.