Clinical Research Coordinator

This position is fully onsite in both San Francisco and Oakland. Flexibility is required, the needs of the study will determine the work location on any given day. Work location can generally be planned in advance, but may change on short notice. The position requires fluency in written and spoken Spanish.

The main study for this position is called the NIH DISCOVERY of Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes in Youth.

The study coordinator for the DISCOVERY study aims to enroll 10-12 participants per month across the two main hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland. This requires the coordinator to review the upcoming patients in both San Francisco and Oakland and develop a schedule to meet them in person at their clinic visits.

The study coordinator will work closely with youth at-risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and their families, to enroll the children in the study and facilitate the collection of biological samples for analysis.

The knowledge gained from this study of the pathophysiology and epidemiology of youth-onset T2D with deep biochemical, clinical, and psychosocial phenotyping will critically inform the design and testing of future treatment and prevention approaches.

We invite candidates to please address the following questions in your cover letter:

The Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) under general direction, independently manages and coordinates research protocols mainly for pre diabetes and type 2 diabetes in youth. They will perform independently or with general direction at the fully operational journey level of the series to execute, manage, and coordinate research protocols, as directed by the Clinical Research Supervisor and/or Principal Investigator (PI); may coordinate the data collection and operations of several concurrent clinical research studies under the guidelines of research protocols, UCSF and regulating agency policies. Responsibilities include overseeing multiple clinical studies, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing data and documentation, supporting IRB submissions, maintaining data quality, coordinating staff activities, and participating in audits while adhering to UCSF policies and research guidelines.

Duties may include, but are not limited to, supporting the management and coordinating the tasks of single or multiple clinical research studies, depending on their size and complexity; act as intermediary between services and departments while overseeing data and specimen management; manage and report on study results; create, clean, update, and manage databases and comprehensive datasets and reports; coordinate staff work schedules, assist with training of Assistant CRCs, and assist Clinical Research Supervisor and/or PI with oversight of other research staff; manage Investigator’s protocols in the Institutional Review Board (iRIS) online system, as well as renewals and modifications of protocol applications and the implementation of new studies; participate in the review and writing of protocols to ensure institutional review board approval within University compliance; help assure compliance with all relevant regulatory agencies; oversee study data integrity; implement and maintain periodic quality control procedures; interface with departments to obtain UCSF approval prior to study initiation; maintain all regulatory documents; report study progress to investigators; participate in any internal and external audits or reviews of study protocols; and perform other duties as assigned.

Other duties will include recruiting participants for multiple studies in pediatric endocrinology, including contacting participants by phone, email, Zoom/video, or in person. The majority of these studies will require working closely with other researchers, hospital clinic staff, children and their families, onsite, at both Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco (West Bay) and in Oakland (East Bay).