GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:

The Laboratory for Neuropsychiatry and Neuromodulation at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School is recruiting a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator to join our laboratory and work on a variety of exciting and innovative human neuroscience projects under the mentorship of Dr. Joan Camprodon and other faculty in the program. Our laboratory is a multidisciplinary group conducting clinical, translational, and basic neuroscience research with healthy and neuropsychiatric populations. We use a wide variety of techniques, including neuromodulation (TMS, tDCS, ECT), neuroimaging, neurophysiology (EEG), behavioral testing, and clinical assessments. Additionally, the program includes the Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) clinical service, which is tightly integrated with our research mission and where we treat patients with neuropsychiatric conditions.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct TMS, tDCS, MRI, and EEG experiments
• Conduct clinical and neuropsychological assessments
• Perform MRI, EEG, and behavioral data analysis
• Collects & organizes patient data
• Maintains records and databases
• Uses software programs to generate graphs and reports
• Assists with recruiting patients for clinical trials
• Obtains patient study data from medical records, physicians, etc.
• Conducts library searches
• Verifies accuracy of study forms
• Updates study forms per protocol
• Documents patient visits and procedures
• Assists with regulatory binders and QA/QC procedures
• Assists with interviewing study subjects
• Administers and scores questionnaires
• Provides basic explanation of study and in some cases obtains informed consent from subjects
• Performs study procedures, which may include phlebotomy.
• Assists with study regulatory submissions
• Writes consent forms
• Verifies subject inclusion/exclusion criteria
• Performs administrative support duties as required
• Participate in production of scholarly reports, research abstracts, posters, and manuscripts for publication
• Extensive training in brain stimulation, neuroimaging, clinical research, neuroscience, and writing skills will be provided
• Strong scientific and career development will be provided, as well as opportunities to publish and present at national conferences
• Maintain research data, patient fields, regulatory binders and study databases
• Perform data analysis and QA/QC data checks
• Organize and interpret data
• Develop and implement recruitment strategies
• Act as a study resource for patient and family
• Monitor and evaluation lab and procedure data
• Evaluate study questionnaires
• Contribute to protocol recommendations
• Assist with preparation of annual review
• May assist PI to prepare complete study reports

SKILLS/ABILITIES/COMPETENCIES REQUIRED:

• Background in neuroscience, psychology, engineering, or data science is preferred
• Careful attention to details
• Good organizational skills
• Ability to follow directions
• Good communication skills
• Computer literacy
• Working knowledge of clinical research protocols
• Ability to demonstrate respect and professionalism for subjects' rights and individual needs
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Analytical skills and ability to resolve technical problems
• Ability to interpret acceptability of data results
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Professional and maturity are a must
• Working knowledge of data management programs
• Applicants with strong technical backgrounds in computer/data science or mathematics and an interest in applying these skills to neuroscience are given high priority
• Applicants with prior experience in neuroimaging analyses (e.g., SPM, FSL, FreeSurfer), EEG analysis (e.g., MNE, EEGLAB), or psychological task design software (e.g., Presentation, E-Prime, Psychophysics Toolbox, PsychoPy) will be given high priority
• A strong background in programming (Unix, MATLAB, Python, R) and/or statistical analysis software (R, SPSS, Stata) will be given high priority
• Experience with clinical populations is preferred but not required.

EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree required, ideally in neuroscience, psychology, engineering or related fields.
  

EXPERIENCE:

• New graduates with some relevant course/project work or those without any prior research experience will be considered for the Clinical Research Coordinator I position outlined above.
• Those with a minimum of 1-2 years of directly related work experience will be considered for a Clinical Research Coordinator II position.