Clinical Research Assistant

Description

TGen, the Translational Genomics Research Institute, is an affiliate of City of Hope.  We are an

Arizona-based, nonprofit medical research institute dedicated to conducting groundbreaking

research with life-changing results. We work to unravel the genetic components of common

and complex diseases, including cancer, neurological disorders, infectious disease, and rare

childhood disorders. By identifying treatment options in this manner, we believe medicine

becomes more rational, more precise and, well, more personal.

At TGen, we are setting a new medical standard where the future of medicine is happening

now. We are pioneers in deciphering the story a person’s genome has to tell. For individuals

faced with a serious diagnosis, our scientists and clinicians have the ability to let a patients’

genome reveal its uniqueness in ways that are both powerful and transformative, especially

when it comes to treating disease in a precise and individual manner.

In the Huentelman Lab, our team studies the genetic basis of neurological disease. We have

projects that focus on children and adults with rare diseases, heritable and non-heritable

influencers of childhood developmental trajectories, normal brain aging using a large internet-

based cohort, Alzheimer’s disease, and related dementias, and brain-related complications

resulting from “long COVID”. We make use of various types of genomics-based approaches

including arrays, sequencing, single-cell analyses, and spatial-based molecular profiling. We

publish frequently, we submit lots of grant applications, we go to scientific conferences

together, we try to make a daily difference in our patient’s lives… in short, there is ample

opportunity to learn and train in our lab environment. We are milestone-driven. Every team

member has an equal voice in experimental design and interpretation of results. We try our

best to function as a family and even though our work is challenging we manage to have a fun

time doing it.

Link to the lab page: https://www.tgen.org/faculty-profiles/matt-huentelman/

Dr. Huentelman’s publications:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=huentelman,%20M&sort=pubdate

Job Description

Responsible for supporting the MindCrowd Memory Test and serving as a backup for the MobileLab research project. Support primarily includes, 

• Establish organized study files, including but not limited to, regulatory binders, study specific source documentation and other materials as required. 
• Maintain subject enrollment, screening, and protocol deviation logs. 
• Maintain spreadsheet tracking updates to database of all subjects enrolled in research studies
• Study kit building and shipping 
• Answer study participant emails and phone calls 
• Assist with scheduling participants

Back up for the Mobile Lab may perform this function up to 25% of the time.  The Mobile Lab sub-study is a horse-trailer-based wet lab designed to conduct research throughout Rural Arizona. Supporting this project involves traveling to various sites throughout the state to work with participants through a number of activities. The clinical research assistant will travel, set up and conduct research tasks as outlined in the protocol. 

Requirements

• BA/BS or Associates degree with medical experience
• Phlebotomy experience preferred
• Must be able and willing to work a highly variable schedule that includes early start times, late end times, weekends and holidays to meet the needs of the study
• Willing to travel up to 25%
• A current, valid driver’s license with a good driving record is required. Experience driving larger vehicles preferred.
• Must be able to operate and drive a TGen owned vehicle and trailer (“mobile lab”) to various locations within the State of Arizona in order to perform patient studies as a backup when needed
• Excellent written and verbal skills. 
• Requires excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to deal effectively and confidentially with difficult situations and excellent communication skills. 
• Requires excellent time management skills.

We are looking for a person who is highly motivated, passionate, and dependable with excellent interpersonal skills who can carry out this unique study designWe are a human-centric organization that translates to our employees.  Some of the perks in working for us:

· BC/BS of Arizona health coverage. 

· Dental, Vision, Life, Short and Long Term Disability

· Top notch Employee Assistance Program with a full scope of concierge type services

· 401k with 6% match

· Generous time off

· Commuter benefits

· Much, much more!