The Division of Infectious Diseases seeks a Sr. Research Program Coordinator. This position will administratively coordinate protocol implementation for an NIH-funded study under the supervision of a Principal Investigator (PI) in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. Under direct supervision of the PI, the Sr. Research Program Coordinator will be responsible for the overall execution and monitoring of the research project and following and completing activities related to the development and implementation of study protocols. The Sr. Research Program Coordinator will be the key person who interacts with study clinicians, physician investigators, and study participants. The program coordinator will be primarily responsible for recruiting, consenting, and enrolling female participants, coordinating research operations, the collection of data forms, and proper storage and labeling of human research specimens at participating sites, as well as helping supervise more junior program coordinators. The position will involve spending a portion of most days of the week at outlying recruitment sites (mainly in Baltimore City), and then driving back to Johns Hopkins Bayview to store samples and participate in additional research activities for the remainder of the day; a car and the ability to drive daily is therefore a necessity.

The Sr. Research Program Coordinator will possess strong research, communication, and organizational skills and a commitment to improving women’s reproductive health.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversee, implement, and manage all activities of research studies in collaboration with the other study staff (including more junior program coordinators as well as the PI and Co-Is), ensuring adherence to protocols, to assure validity of findings.
• Recruit, obtain informed consent, enroll and schedule participants, implement patient study visits, and initiate ordering of study-required labs to be signed by study clinicians.
• Develop standard operating procedures for study team use.
• Exhibit strong attention to detail and proficient knowledge of regulatory documentation.
• Detect and help solve logistical and technical problems at the study sites.
• Serve as a resource and liaison for study site administrators and clinicians involved in the study regarding protocol requirements and ongoing and planned study activities.
• Provide updates on protocol implementation status and study progress to all partners (e.g., PIs, internal and external Co-Investigators, sponsor, and participant sites), anticipate and proactively identify potential problems, strategize solutions for potential problems, and make recommendations on operational issues.
• Coordinate and participate in study meetings, record meeting minutes, and develop agendas for meetings.
• Oversee budget expenditures for study operations.
• Create, update, and oversee basic tracking databases/spreadsheets based on study requirements utilizing Excel, STATA, REDCap, Qualtrics, or similar software applications, ensuring all record management is continuously organized and current.
• Collect data from patient medical records and questionnaires, prepare and code data entry, enter data into databases, and monitor data quality and accuracy as required by research protocol,
• Develop and coordinate elements needed for IRB applications, including initial submissions, continuing reviews, and needed amendments (e.g., study protocols, consent forms, recruitment procedures, data protection plans, external committee approvals, etc.)
• Develop annual reports to the funding agency.
• Assist with the preparation of PowerPoint presentations and Excel graphs.
• Assist with abstract and manuscript preparation.
• Assist with grant and contract preparation (i.e., draft and edit research strategy under the guidance of PI; perform literature reviews; prepare tables, charts, figures, format and assemble grant or contract according to sponsor requirements, etc.)
• Supervise and assist with orientation and training of less senior research staff in consenting participants, collecting samples, coordinating research visits, data collection, and data entry (e.g., use of REDCap).
• Ensure participant and data confidentiality as well as the safety, welfare, and privacy of study participants.
• Design and maintain organizational tools to conduct the study accurately and in compliance with Good Research Practice/Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
• Report all adverse events or problems to PI and safety monitoring team; assist with reporting to IRB as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Detail-oriented, with the ability to work independently, multi-task, and prioritize tasks under timelines for completion of work.
• Comfortable interacting with patients/participants.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to work well with others as part of a team, taking care to respect and understand cultural differences.
• General knowledge of the research and basic analytical skills to execute assigned study activities.
• Ability to synthesize and present study information in the form of reports and standard operating protocols.
• Able to proactively identify study activities requiring special attention.

• Bachelor's Degree in a related discipline.
• Three years of related experience.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
• Must have a car, valid driver’s license, and ability to drive daily to and from the Johns Hopkins Bayview campus to outlying recruitment sites (mainly in Baltimore City).

• Prior coursework in biology, microbiology, infectious diseases, women’s reproductive health, sexually transmitted infections, public health, and/or biostatistics.
  
• Knowledge and experience with computer applications including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; REDCap; Zotero, Endnote, Open Specimen, and Stata (or willingness to learn).
• Experience with handling and storing biological specimens.

Classified Title: Sr. Research Program Coordinator 
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MB  
Starting Salary Range: $40,900 - $71,600 Annually ($56,250 targeted; Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM DOM Infectious Disease 
Personnel area: School of Medicine