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The Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS) has followed a population-based sample of 2,450 girls for more than 20 years to track developmental patterns and contextual influences on health, several current sub-studies focus on the stress exposure and racial disparities in perinatal and cardiovascular health. This position relates to the echo (environmental influences on child health) longitudinal study of pregnant women and their offspring.

The Senior Research Associate responsibilities will include close collaboration with the research manager to assist in coordinating all aspects of this major study including recruitment, participant tracking, data collection, scheduling, and general organization of study materials.

This position is grant funded.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct research in a manner that maintains and promotes scientific integrity, and ensure that research projects and environment comply with all applicable laws and regulations.

• Develop research projects including protocol design, budget preparation and justification, data collection and analysis and data storage.

• Supervise Research Associates, Research Assistants, Research Technicians and monitors budgets.

• Responsible for following the mandatory reporting procedures for any incident or serious event that did affect or potentially could have affected the clinical care of any patient.

• Maintain and expand research expertise by acquiring new research techniques and keeping abreast of new knowledge.

• Obtain approval for research projects from review committees.

• Responsible for the planning of manuscript preparation.

• Responsible for supervising record keeping, inventory and equipment management processes.

• Effectively communicates progress of research projects via meetings with, and written reports to, research investigators.

• Plan and implements training programs for Research Associates, Research Assistants and Research Technicians on Research activities and practice including grant application, budget management, data analysis, record keeping and scientific integrity.

• Assist in the preparation and submission of grant applications including budget preparation and justification.

• Master's degree in a basic science or clinical research area relevant to research activities to be performed, with at least three years experience;

OR

• Bachelor degree in a basic science with at least five years' experience working within a biomedical research environment, which would include coordinating and executing a research protocol including manuscript preparation.

• Demonstrated ability to exercise independent judgment in the design and implementation of research projects.

• Interpersonal skills necessary to manage and train research personnel, and to effectively communicate and interface with faculty and hospital staff.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

• Comprehensive Crisis Management (CCMC)

• Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

• Act 33 with renewal

• Act 34 with renewal

• Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran