Clinical Research Associate

About the Role

The Center for Research on Racial Trauma and Community Healing at the Institute of Living at Hartford HealthCare seeks a Clinical Research Associate to support research on racial trauma's effects and develop community-driven responses. This role involves working with people with lived experience, community organizations, universities, and state agencies. The position is suited for individuals with social science research training, strong project management skills, and a commitment to social and political justice. The Clinical Research Associate will collaborate with community partners and individuals with lived experience of incarceration, working across academic, clinical, and community settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Research Design and Regulatory Work
• Prepare and manage IRB submissions, amendments, continuing reviews, and consent materials.
• Contribute to study design, protocols, and data collection instruments.
• Maintain regulatory files and ensure compliance with human subjects protections, including research with incarcerated and formerly incarcerated participants.
• Data Collection and Analysis
• Recruit participants and conduct interviews, focus groups, and surveys in community, clinical, and correctional settings.
• Manage, clean, and analyze qualitative and quantitative data, and integrate findings in mixed methods designs.
• Apply trauma-informed practices in all participant contact.
• Project Management
• Coordinate timelines, deliverables, and budgets across multiple concurrent projects.
• Track grant milestones and prepare progress reports for funders.
• Schedule and support meetings with community partners, universities, and state agencies.
• Community Partnership
• Work alongside credible messengers and community researchers as partners in the research process.
• Support community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) and clinical research activities, including shared decision-making and returning findings to communities.
• Dissemination
• Draft manuscripts, reports, conference presentations, and community briefs.
• Conduct literature reviews and maintain reference libraries.
• Contribute to grant proposals.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Demonstrated clinical competence with patient-related measurements and high degree of accuracy with respect to documentation and data collection.
• Demonstrated initiative and excellent organizational skills in planning and executing study logistics.
• Experience in a clinical area, e.g. Nursing, Nuclear Medicine, etc.
• Ability to use time efficiently.
• Outstanding interpersonal, communications, and negotiation skills and enthusiasm.
• Ability to work independently yet use good judgment in seeking advice when necessary.
• Knowledge of research methodology, data analysis, statistical analysis and associated software is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Masters degree in a health care field.
• Some roles can be performed with an Associate level degree, with significant health care training.
• Registered Nurse in CT may be required for some projects.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with CBPAR or other community-engaged research.
• Experience working with people affected by incarceration, violence, or racial trauma.
• Familiarity with trauma-informed practice.
• Proficiency with qualitative software (such as NVivo or Dedoose) and statistical software (such as SPSS, R, or Stata).
• Peer-reviewed publications or conference presentations.