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SSD: Comparative Human Development - Staff and Temporary Employees
About the Department
Founded in 1940, the Department of Comparative Human Development at the University of Chicago (https://humdev.uchicago.edu) is an interdisciplinary department whose faculty includes anthropologists, biologists, linguists, psychologists, sociologists, and methodologists whose theories and methods cross individual social sciences. Research in the department explores the social, cultural, psychological, and biological processes of change that vary across time, between individuals, between societies and cultures, and between species.
Job Summary
The job performs routine assignments related to scientific research projects. Ensures compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates. Analyzes possible solutions using standard procedures. Writes articles, reports and manuscripts. Assists in drafting presentations on research findings.
Coordinates collection, analysis, processing and reporting of data and assists Principal Investigator (PI) in judging the validity of test data obtained in regard to social-behavioral research studies of limited complexity involving co-investigators, multiple campuses or universities. Performs administrative tasks to ensure project study flow and communication, supervises daily research activities involving lab members and research sites/participants; assists with data collection preparation, IRB protocols, financial records, and data cleaning/analyses; onboarding and training research assistants; grant writing and manuscript review; social media and digital communication. Completes all activities by strictly following all relevant current local, state, & federal laws, regulations, guidance, policy and procedure developed by the SSD Institutional Review Board (IRB).
The Research Study Coordinator will report to Dr. Leoandra Onnie Rogers in the Development of Identities in Cultural Environments (DICE) research group in the Department of Comparative Human Development at The University of Chicago. The Research Coordinator will work with and support graduate and undergraduate students on new and existing projects examining the development of identities (race, gender, sexuality, social class) among children and adolescents in diverse cultural and educational contexts and develop skills in qualitative, mixed-method, anti-racist research in human development.
Responsibilities
Participates in the planning an conduct of research study including participant recruitment and retention.
Obtains informed consent Administers tests and/or questionnaires following protocols.
Collects, compiles, tabulates and processes responses.
Gathers information. Extracts and analyzes data from medical charts.
Completes basic clinical procedures such as drawing blood and obtaining blood pressure.
Monitors and maintains systems for effective participant and data flow for studies.
Designs and constructs experimental stimuli.
Manages study databases which may include ensuring that data is collected and entered correctly.
Reviews and analyzes data.
Creates computer models, graphs, reports and summaries for use in publications, professional journals and grant applications.
Writes portions of grant applications. Co-authors scientific papers for presentation and publication.
Researches and obtains funding.
Creates and maintains study manuals regarding operating, safety, and etc. procedures.
Ensures that all study documents associated with current local, state, and federal regulatory guidelines, requirements, laws and research protocols are completed in a timely manner.
Manages website and lab co munication and online presence.
May process payments for research participants per study protocol. Creates lab financial plan and budget/audit expenses.
Obtains sales quotes for lab equipment and supplies.
Reviews and adjusts expenses to decrease costs.
Oversees repair, maintenance of all lab equipment, ensures that lab supplies are ready and available when necessary.
Maintains and reconciles expenditures and balances in regard to research accounts and budgets.
Trains, directs, assigns duties to and may supervise research staff, students, residents or fellows.
Acts as a mentor in regard to education of junior coordinators.
Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.
Maintains recruiting and scheduling research subjects; assisting with developing or amending study protocols; assisting with developing data collection tools; assisting with building databases; and providing general administrative support. Has general awareness in research techniques or methods, regulatory policies and procedures, and relevant scientific field.
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