Managing Director-Research Associate 3 - New Haven, United States - Yale School of Medicine
Description
Position Focus:
We are looking for the managing director of the Yale IMPACT-MH Mental Health program, a large new National Institute of Health NIH-funded endeavor spanning multiple research programs, largely in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale, and extending over five years. The IMPACT-MH program will recruit 2400 subjects (three annual waves of 800 subjects each) from 16 partnering clinics and research programs, extensively characterize them using clinical and behavioral tools, and follow them for ≥2 years, with repeated follow-up assessments. The managing director will assemble and oversee a team of research assistants and trainees who will collect data from the partnering clinics and research programs. Duties also include managing the relevant portion of the grant budget, Yale and NIH administrative and compliance matters, and working with faculty and staff in the many components of the IMPACT-MH team to ensure smooth execution of a complex and multifaceted longitudinal research study.
Essential Duties
1. Supervises research within the scope of established study protocol. Adheres to all human subjects regulations as defined by Yale University and the federal government that pertain to research studies. 2. Responsible for reviewing, planning, and implementing study protocols and assessing the impact of program changes on research quality. Identifies and makes initial contact with potential funding sources to secure funds. 3. Oversees the planning of large multi-site or global studies. Establish goals and objectives, training requirements, productivity goals and financial parameters. Develops forms and questionnaires and manages the application of research techniques. 4. Works closely with research faculty and collaborators to identify quality and operational strategies and aspects of study that need to overcome. 5. Fosters and maintains cooperative relationships with principal investigators, collaborators, study coordinators, government officials, international partnerships, and study sponsors to ensure for the safe and timely progression of studies and adherence to all study/agency/government regulations. 6. Develops original HIC/IRB submissions for multi site research. Collaborate with various PI on major revisions and ensure changes are incorporated at each participating site. 7. Uses advanced statistical knowledge to provide support in managing and analyzing data. 8. Develops operational procedures for the collection, editing, verification and management of statistical data. Develops and implements relevant statistical programs to incorporate data from multiple projects. Designs comprehensive and rational databases with advance knowledge of the scientific applications impacting on the data analyses and reporting. 9. Develops protocols for collection of data. Designs data gathering instruments and related procedures. Tests, refines and finalizes instruments for use in research study. 10. Presents talks, seminars or other oral presentations on the methodology and analyses used in scientific studies. 11. Composes major abstracts/publications/manuscript. 12. May perform other duties as assigned.
Required Education and Experience
Master's Degree in a related discipline and four years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Required Skill/Ability 1:
Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills; demonstrated ability to recruit, organize, and coordinate a large study team to collect data across multiple sites and tasks.
Required Skill/Ability 2:
Proven ability to manage a large budget, in collaboration with University business offices.
Required Skill/Ability 3:
Demonstrated ability to coordinate with collaborating groups across multiple sites.
Required Skill/Ability 4:
Demonstrated ability to interact with research subjects, including those with psychiatric symptoms, and to supervise and train others in the same.
Required Skill/Ability 5:
Proven ability to manage data collection in RedCap, Excel, and similar software platforms.
Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:
Master's degree in a relevant field and ≥10 years experience in psychiatric research, or Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Experience should include ≥2 years in a leadership position, with supervisory duties.
Weekend Hours Required?
Occasional
Evening Hours Required?
Occasional
Drug Screen
No
Health Screening
No
Background Check Requirements
All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.
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