Clinical Research Associate I - Community & Behavioral Health, Tan Lab (Onsite)

Job Description

Job Description

This role is designed to be 100% onsite, giving you the opportunity to collaborate closely with your team and immerse yourself in the energy of our workplace. Please note that hybrid or remote work options are NOT available for this position at this time.

Cedars-Sinai has an outstanding opportunity for an independent and well-organized contributor to serve as a CLINICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE to Dr. Judy Tan to support community-engaged research that develops behavioral and community-based health interventions for LGBTQ+ communities of color. Dr. Tan, Associate Professor, Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Division of Population Sciences, Department of Biomedical Sciences, is a social psychologist and applies her training in behavioral and prevention sciences to develop innovative interventions for improving health outcomes among marginalized populations in the U.S.

This position provides contributions to behavioral and implementation science for the Cancer Research Center for Health Equity. The scope of the work includes research involving participants recruited from the surrounding LA communities and interactions with community-based researchers, academic researchers, and local community organizations and health systems.

As Clinical Research Associate, you will be a vital member of an interdisciplinary team led by Dr. Tan, which includes a biostatistician, qualitative data researchers, as well as grant administrative and project management support staff members. Your role will be assisting with both quantitative and qualitative research projects, patient research engagement, and community liaison support. You will take lead roles on project activities, as identified by the team.

Data management, coordination, and analysis : (30%)

• Assist with leading the creation and management of organized research project portfolio with project dashboard for data tracking.
• Work independently to produce tables, charts, graphs for manuscript and grant preparation from sources including analyst reports, publicly available data, and literature searches.
• Organize data storage and management for qualitative study (including interviews with cancer patients, caregivers, and affected community members).
• Organize data storage and management for quantitative projects.
• Execute basic data analysis (demographic tables, bivariate calculations, evaluation of missing data) of existing data sets to generate research approach and analytic plans.
• Support process evaluation of a pilot smoking cessation program, including developing evaluation framework, creating and implementing a data collection plan.

Human subject research support : (20%)

Patient and stakeholder engagement : (20%)

Writing & Grant Development (10%)

Budget Management (5%)

Website development & management (5%)

Other administrative duties as needed (5%)

Qualifications

This role is designed to be 100% onsite, giving you the opportunity to collaborate closely with your team and immerse yourself in the energy of our workplace. Please note that hybrid or remote work options are NOT available for this position at this time.

Requirements :

Please note : Applications submitted without a cover letter will not be reviewed.

Preferred :

Interview Process :

If selected for an interview, candidates may be asked to complete a brief writing sample and / or a short example exercise or task relevant to the position.

Req ID : 10622

Working Title : Clinical Research Associate I – Community & Behavioral Health, Tan Lab (Onsite)

Department : Cancer - Research Center Health Equity

Business Entity : Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Job Category : Academic / Research

Job Specialty : Research Studies / Clin Trial

Overtime Status : NONEXEMPT

Primary Shift : Day

Shift Duration : 8 hour

Base Pay : $19.50 - $32.86