Job Description:
Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI), Program Manager, and experienced Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC), the Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) will serve in the Department of Medicine (DOM), Division of Clinical Pharmacology. The CRC will provide support and coordination of clinical studies. The research protocols within Clinical Pharmacology are varied and include clinical trials, community based interventions, and observational studies with the intent to understand the use and behavioral patterns of tobacco use disorder and nicotine addiction, biomarkers of tobacco use and nicotine exposure, and how to prevent exposure to secondhand smoke in vulnerable populations. Clinical Pharmacology is also investigating the safety and pharmacology of cannabis products such as marijuana and cannabis extracts. Research studies take place at the UCSF Tobacco Research Center and/or the CTSI at Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG).
The CRC will be responsible for working across several study protocols, but primarily one clinical trial investigating the use of an electronic cigarette as a harm reduction product in a population of cigarette smokers.
The CRC will support the clinical research team by recruiting healthy volunteer participants, evaluating eligibility, obtaining informed consent and scheduling study visits at Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI). The CRC will encourage participation, cooperation, and efficiency in the clinical research process; ensure all study procedures are completed on time; complete study visits; study forms; collecting, entering and cleaning data into study databases; assisting in biosample transfers for lab analysis; maintaining data quality; gathering medical history data; assisting with preparation of reports and tables; organizing files; ordering study supplies; attending team meetings. The CRC will ensure all procedures that take place on the hospital research ward are completed as per protocol and accurate. The CRC will serve as the primary contact for the CTSI nurses.
The CRC will assist with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) online system (i.e. renewals, modifications, new applications); participate in the review and writing of protocols to ensure approval; participate in grant and manuscript development; help assure compliance with all relevant regulatory agencies; oversee study data integrity; implement and maintain periodic quality control procedures; maintain all regulatory documents; report study progress to investigators and participate in any audits or reviews of study protocols.
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE
The Department of Medicine, with annual revenues of $417 million, is the largest department in the UCSF School of Medicine. The mission of the Department is research (basic and clinical), teaching, patient care, and public service.
ABOUT UCSF
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It is the only campus in the 10-campus UC system dedicated exclusively to the health sciences.