Research Assistant I

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston, TX

ID: 7117515 (Ref.No. 14038-en_US)
Posted: December 8, 2022
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Job Description

Summary

Factor Health builds, tests and scales health programs delivered in the landscape of people’s lives.  We are looking for a research associate to assist with the coordination and planning support of our Fruit & Vegetable Consumption for Chronic Kidney Disease program in Houston, Texas.  Data collection as part of a research trial that rigorously test the efficacy of the health intervention, delivered in the lives of participants, will be a major component of overall responsibilities.  The research associate will primarily be involved in the Fruit & Vegetable Consumption for Chronic Kidney Disease program for Harris Health patients who have chronic kidney disease, with a possibility of being involved in other programs as well.

 

Please note this is not a laboratory position. 

Job Duties

  • Coordinate research and implementation activities with the program leadership, program and research managers, our partners, and study participants.
  • Work closely with the entire Factor Health research and implementation team on a range of activities during both active program implementation and while planning for implementation, such as recruitment and data collection.
  • Screen and recruit study participants at clinic sites, including Harris Health clinics.
  • Provide informed consent for individuals to participate in research.
  • Review electronic medical records for study inclusion and exclusion criteria collaboratively with designated clinical contacts. 
  • Enroll Harris Health patients into the study at select clinic locations
  • Collect data from participants at clinic sites. This data collection could include finger-sticking participants and collecting urine samples for clinical tests, and/or collecting measurements such as BMI, blood pressure, food recall interviews and other biomedical measurements.
  • Enter and quality check research data into central database for future analysis.
  • Build trusted relationship with participants treating all participants with respect, dignity and understanding. 
  • Maintain privacy and confidentiality of participants’ health and other personal information.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or a related field.
  • Two years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Ability to read and extract data from electronic medical records.
  • Ability to use or learn various electronic data platforms and databases. 
  • Written and verbal communication skills, critical thinking skills, decisive judgment, attention to detail and the ability to work with minimal supervision.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, staff, and patients.
  • Ability to adhere to research protocols and safety protocols as determined by study leadership.
  • Comfortable working with community members at external partner sites and virtually.
  • Experience interacting with vulnerable populations and people from diverse backgrounds or a clear openness in doing so.
     

Other

WORKING CONDITIONS: Potential extensive travel, dependent on local social distancing restrictions, using your own mode of transportation, around the greater Houston region. Interaction with study participants at external partner sites and some on-site office work at a Harris Health site in Houston. Will require working some evenings and on some weekends (depending on when research participants can schedule consent/enroll appointments). May work in clinical setting and around standard office conditions. Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

 

 

Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.

 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.