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The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UW School of Medicine is the third largest clinical department within the School of Medicine with 285 full-time faculty members, 280 clinical faculty members, and over 200 staff. Department faculty provide clinical services in 5 hospitals, 14 primary care locations, and several outpatient sites in addition to telepsychiatry consultations to more than 150 clinics in Washington and beyond. As the only academic psychiatry department serving the five state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, Idaho), the Department’s highly competitive residency training program is largely responsible for developing the mental health workforce in the Pacific Northwest. The Department’s robust research portfolio totals $35 million in grants and contracts per year for projects ranging from clinical neurosciences to treatment development to health policy and population health. The Department is recognized as an international leader in developing, testing, and implementing Collaborative Care, an integrated care model increasingly seen as a solution for population-based mental health care. Other areas of excellence include Addictions, Autism, High Risk Youth, Neurosciences, and Trauma, and the Department is developing innovative new programs in Technology and Mental Health, Global Mental Health, Maternal and Child Mental Health, and Targeted Intervention Development.

The Center for the Study of Health & Risk Behaviors in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences https://sites.uw.edu/cshrb/ has an opening for a 50% FTE Research Study Coordinator 1 to assist in grant-funded research activities. The employee will provide research support and work closely with faculty and staff supervisors and colleagues in the implementation of a study funded by the National Institutes of Health. The study involves human subjects and includes an in-person lab component.

Responsibilities:
Managing Data
•Program and manage the web-based survey and tracking system using DatStat Illume and custom tracking database, including intensive longitudinal data collection (daily surveys 4 times per day for two weeks)
•Manage access to and documentation of research datasets
•Work with team to create, update, and document measurement instruments and scoring systems
•Follow all project-related data procedures

Managing Personnel
•Assist in recruiting and training undergraduate research assistants, work-study students, and/or student volunteers as appropriate
•Coordinate work tasks with undergraduate research assistants, work-study students, and/or student volunteers as appropriate

Interacting with Research Participants
•Coordinate preparation and posting of recruitment and retention communications
•Communicate with participants via phone and email
•Conduct subject payments with gift cards for participation
•Conduct phone screenings to verify identification/eligibility for the study
•Conduct virtual training sessions with participants
•Conduct in-person sessions for alcohol cue exposure protocol and oversee participant completion of experimental protocols
•Oversee training protocols as well as participant recruitment and retention

Tracking Research Participants
•Use custom tracking system to ensure appropriate flow of participants through study procedures (e.g., reminders to complete baseline survey, rescheduling missed training sessions)
•Use custom tracking system to engage in activities to track, manage, and maintain retention for this study and run periodic audits for accuracy (both intensive longitudinal design where participants complete 4 surveys per day for two weeks and also an in-person lab component for alcohol cue exposure)
•Provide recruitment and retention updates to project team
•Implement any new recruitment procedures as needed (e.g., recruitment ads on social media)

Other Responsibilities
•Prepare, review, and modify Human Subjects (IRB) forms
•Prepare timely status reports and updates for Principal Investigators
•Conduct literature reviews
•Maintain adherence to study protocols
•Summarize study results and prepare reports

Minimum Qualifications:
•Two years of college level course work in a relevant academic area AND two years of experience as a Research Study Assistant -OR- equivalent education/experience
•Knowledge of survey programming for data collection using DatStat Illume
•Experience in recruitment of research participants via social media and other community approaches

Application Process:
The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.  These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter, and/or others.  Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.