Research Assistant

Description:

Summary of Key Responsibilities (job functions include but are not limited to):

• Under general supervision & direction of the PI, develop and implement original experiments within the guidelines of the research
• Adapt existing programs to new datasets and perform analysis independently. Communicate with the different disciplinary teams involved in a project as well as with subjects and patients to schedule experiments
• Perform literature review on a specific question to enable the PI to get a quick overview over a research topic and thus adapt a research project accordingly
• Conduct literature review, surveys, laboratory experiments and other research for use in scholarly publications as required
• Obtaining consents from parents for research projects
• Obtaining study samples and processing these for storage/analysis; Obtaining blood samples from adults in certain studies
• Assist with the study protocols/procedures done in NICUs
• Prepare packages of information to be given to research families as needed
• Collect data on inpatient study subjects and enter data into a comprehensive database; Assist with development of database for studies
• Prepare summaries of the data for presentations and reports, including preparation of reports for multicenter studies
• Oversight and supervises in the data collection and entry for ongoing studies and maintain a secure database for an ongoing clinical trial
• Will advise other members of the program including research nurses, post-doctoral residents, research assistants, and other collaborators

Qualifications / Requirements:

• Bachelor or Master Degree in the discipline of Biological or related Sciences

• Minimum 1 year recent, related experience

• Working knowledge of perinatal physiology, neonatal respiratory control is desirable

• Should feel comfortable in managing equipment to record and analyze respiratory responses under control and experimental conditions

• Prior clinical research experience will be an asset

• Excellent interpersonal, communication and relationship building skills are required including interacting with parents

• Basic knowledge of research methods, epidemiologic principles, and statistics. Knowledge and experience of STATA/SPSS or SAS would be an asset

• Demonstrated ability for professional report writing. Proficiency in literature search strategies