IVY Lab Hourly Research Coordinator

VCU Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies

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VCUs Office of the Vice President for Research and Innovation and the Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies (IDAS) invites all interested candidates to apply for our exciting Hourly Clinical Research Coordinator position! (IF IDAS also include: IDAS advances multidisciplinary research and training on the neuroscience of addictions and related neurobehavioral disorders.) VCU is UNLIKE the rest. Our impact is measured one student and patient at a unequaled combination of excellence diversity research and creativity makes success possible for every one of our 300000 RAMily members. And that makes us one of the most innovative universities in the country. A premier urban public research university nationally recognized as one of the best employers for diversity VCU is a great place to work. Its a place of opportunity where your success is supported and your career can thrive.

All full-time staff are eligible for our generous benefits package that includes choices for health vision and dental coverage life-insurance short and long-term disability coverage retirement planning tax-deferred annuity and cash match programs flexible spending accounts tuition benefits significant paid-time off12 paid holidays and more. Explore our benefits further here: Primary Purpose and General Duties:

There is an open for an hourly research coordinator po-sition with the VCU Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies. The VCU Institute for Alcohol and Alcohol Studies conducts research across the translational science spectrum related to substance use disorders (SUD) from population-level epidemiologic studies to mechanistic neuroimaging studies. Addiction is a chronic treatable medical condition with biopsychosocial complexity and the science that informs interventions targeting addiction warrants a multidisciplinary collaborative approach. Many IDAS studies are focused on informing the development and implementation of innovative better treatment options for individuals seeking SUD recovery.

The research coordinator will work on IDAS research-related activities that focus on elucidating the roles biological factors such as biological sex neurofunctional and psychosocial contexts such as so-cial determinants of health play in the recovery of people with opioid and other substance use disorders. Projects are largely focused on employing translational science strategies to identify evidence-based avenues to improve the quality of substance use disorder treatments such as for opioid use disorder (OUD) medication treatments with buprenorphine. Most studies are NIH funded and include a broad range of methodological approaches including randomized clinical trials cohort studies anal-yses of nationally representative datasets qualitative and community-engaged studies.

The hourly position will work on many aspects of our translational science projects with our multidisciplinary teams largely those related to Dr. Martins projects with the In Recovery (IVY) Lab. The re-search coordinator will carry out duties to support the clinical research teams designing and carrying out studies as well as assisting with dissemination of findings. Duties will include but are not limited to assisting with data entry quality checking data management refinement of standardized operating procedures preparing findings for oral and written dissemination as well as organizing and leading team communications and study meetings.

Minimum Hiring Standards

• Bachelors degree or equivalent training and experience.
• Verbal and written communication skills in English as well as being detail-oriented are essential.
• Candidate must possess skills to communicate and work effectively with others in collaborative efforts.
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of respect professionalism and civility with a population of faculty staff and students from various backgrounds and experiences or a commitment to do so as a staff member at VCU.

Preferred Hiring Standards

• Bachelors degree in a related science preferred. Experience in working on clinical research projects.
• Experience in substance use disorder treatment related research or clinical field. Experience in human subjects or translational research.
• Experience working on multi-disciplinary teams.

University Title/Level: Hourly Clinical Research Coordinator 1 - 83011 University Job Family: Research

Brandon Seigel

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