Clinical Research Assistant in the Lifestyle Lab in the division of cancer prevention and control at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Lifestyle Lab is led by principal investigator, health promotion and behavioral scientist Roberto Benzo, Ph.D., MS. The lifestyle lab aims to study how lifestyle behaviors influence cancer-related health outcomes and to develop innovative lifestyle interventions to prevent disease, improve health outcomes, and reduce health disparities.

This position is on-site 5 days per week with possibility of hybrid schedule in the future.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate daily activities and efforts of research projects and behavioral interventions

• Assists with undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and advanced practice providers

• Completes study-specific trainings; attends study meetings; provides weekly updates and progress reports on study activities, including recruitment and follow-up activities; and other administrative duties as needed

• Assist with development and submission of IRB protocols

• Educates patients and their families of the purpose, processes, and goals of studies

• Identifies, assesses, recruits, consents, and enrolls participants onto clinical studies

• Ensures research studies are conducted in accordance with the study protocol and guidelines, policies, and requirements of OSUCCC

• REDcap development and management

• Familiar with the use of technology (e.g., Fitbit) and online platforms (e.g., myfitnesspal, MyChart) related to health and wellness

Minimum Required Qualifications
Bachelors Degree in Biological Sciences, Health Sciences or medical field, or equivalent combination of education experience required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with electronic medical record documentation (EPIC), chart review, and abstraction of data

• Education and/or experience in public health, exercise science, psychology, dietetics, nutrition, human physiology

• Quantitative and qualitative data analysis

• Excellent communication and writing skills

• Highly organized and self-driven

Starting Pay: $20.00 / Hour

Position Mapping: Research and Scholarship Clinical Research Technical T2

70%: Coordinates research project activities, primarily in the area of cancer prevention and control; develops and implements screening and recruitment activities that are conducted at the various sites; identifies, assesses, recruits, consents, and enrolls participants into clinical studies; maintains and develops optimal working relationships with physicians and personnel at the study sites; ensures that the research study is conducted in accordance with the protocol and requirements of investigators and sponsoring agencies; develops screening and recruitment reports; coordinates retention of participants; conducts chart review and data abstraction from the electronic medical record; participates in audits; identifies, documents, and tracks protocol violations and adverse events.

10%: Completes forms and reports in a timely manner; maintains participant and screening tracking systems; conducts quality assurance checks of all study data and forms and provides study researchers with monthly reports; resolves data queries; communicates with the study monitor.

10%: Conducts follow-up activities with study participants; coordinates with participating sites to ensure follow-up activities are conducted in a timely manner; coordinates the collection and receipt of biological samples, if applicable.

10%: Attends study team meetings; provides weekly updates on study activities; other duties as assigned.