Clinical Research Coordinator - Behavioral Oncology Program

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A Brief Overview

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) will contribute to the research programs of Dr. Lamia Barakat in the Behavioral Oncology Program of the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Cancer Center (https://www.research.chop.edu/barakat-laboratory). The overarching goals of federally and foundation funded research conducted by the Barakat Lab are to improve physical and psychosocial health outcomes for children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer and their families with a focus on health equity. We pursue these goals by developing and evaluating psychosocial risk and resource screening as well as interventions to improve decision-making processes, effective self- and family management, and interventions to promote resilience, and improved access to clinical trials information and decision support. Guided by the Social Ecological Model, the Pediatric Psychosocial Preventative Health Model, and the Psychosocial Standards of Care for Children with Cancer and their Families, we evaluate family psychosocial risk assessment and its implementation. We also develop and test interventions that target patient, caregiver, and family functioning at each stage of cancer treatment and survivorship including a current clinical intervention trial for parents bereaved of childhood cancer. We lead or are involved in several studies that address the unique needs of adolescents and young adults with cancer including decision support interventions, clarifying their values around treatment decisions, improving self-management, and supporting transition to adult care. Design and delivery of digital health approaches are central to our studies to ensure acceptability and accessibility as is the study of implementation of evidence-based assessment and intervention in clinical care. We partner with patients and families in the conduct of our research and on efforts to implement evidence-informed assessment and interventions to optimize clinical care for all children with cancer and their families.

Responsibilities of the CRC will include a) participant recruitment, including confirmation of participant eligibility, scheduling and coordination of data collection, informed consent process; b) facilitating data collection including scheduling intervention sessions; c) data management, data entry, and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data; and d) electronic health record review and abstraction. The CRC also will contribute to the dissemination of study findings, including opportunities for presentations and authorship of manuscripts, and will be expected to help with writing abstracts, papers and grants. Preferred: Master's degree in health-related field, proficiency in Spanish, and clinical research experience. A two-year commitment preferred. Prior individuals in this position have gone on to PhD programs in clinical psychology.

About the Department

The Clinical Research Coordinator will be a member of the CHOP Cancer Center and the Section on Behavioral Oncology (SBO) at the Center for Childhood Cancer Research. The mission of the SBO is to apply behavioral translational research to improve outcomes in pediatric cancer across the continuum of care, with an emphasis on developmental and psychosocial processes of risk and resilience. We achieve our mission by developing, evaluating, and disseminating translational models of psychosocial research and evidence-based practice; applying contextual models (e.g. family and social ecological) and providing leadership in behavioral translational research and training across health disciplines. Our innovative research focuses on the following critical areas of inquiry in pediatric cancer: Psychosocial screening and intervention; Children in the context of their families, schools, and communities; Adolescents and young adults (AYA); Survivorship; Health disparities and genetic or socially vulnerable populations; Child and family distress and adjustment; Health behaviors, disease management, and adherence; Neurocognitive and functional outcomes.

What you will do

• Core responsibilities
• Adhere to an IRB approved protocol
• Participate in the informed consent process of study subjects
• Support the safety of clinical research patients/research participants
• Coordinate protocol related research procedures, study visits, and follow-up care
• Screen, recruit and enroll patients/research participants
• Maintain study source documents
• Under the supervision of PI Report adverse events
• Understand good clinical practice (GCP) and regulatory compliance
• Educate subjects and family on protocol, study intervention, etc.
• Comply with Institutional policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs) and guidelines, and with HIPAA and management of confidential materials
• Must comply with federal, state, and sponsor policies
• For multi-site studies or collaborations, support communication and meeting scheduling across teams
• Related responsibilities
• Manage essential regulatory documents
• Register study on ClinicalTrials.gov as appropriate
• Complete case report forms (paper & electronic data capture) and address queries
• Submit documents to regulatory authorities (e.g. IRB, FDA, etc.) and/or review/monitoring boards (ie,DSMB, independent safety officer)
• Facilitate pre-study, site qualification, study initiation, and monitoring visit as appropriate
• Facilitate study close out activities as appropriate
• Coordinate research/project team meetings
• Collect, process and ship samples as applicable to the protocol
• Schedule subject visits and procedures
• Retain records/archive documents after study close out

Education Qualifications

• High School Diploma / GED Required
• Bachelor's Degree Preferred

Experience Qualifications

• At least two (2) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Required
• At least three (3) years of clinical or clinical related or research related experience Preferred

Skills and Abilities

• Basic knowledge of IRB and human subject protection
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Strong time management skills
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels

To carry out its mission, CHOP is committed to supporting the health of our patients, families, workforce, and global community. As a condition of employment, CHOP employees who work in patient care buildings or who have patient facing responsibilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and receive an annual influenza vaccine. Learn more.

Employees may request exemptions for valid religious and medical reasons. Start dates may be delayed until candidates are immunized or exemption requests are reviewed.

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