Research Associate

About the Role

The Vascular Surgery Research Associate will support a broad range of clinical and academic research projects within the Department of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery. This role is primarily focused on coordinating clinical trials, including patient screening, recruitment, and follow-up, and involves contributing to departmental research activities such as data collection, analysis, and manuscript development. The Research Associate will work closely with faculty on both prospective and retrospective, outcome-based studies, including investigator-initiated, industry-sponsored, and NIH-funded trials. The role includes active collaboration with VS providers and fellows.

Key Responsibilities

• Mentoring medical students
• Screening, consenting and data entry for clinical trials
• Ideas on Artificial Intelligence applications in Vascular Surgery and work on projects that would amplify AI applications in the field.
• Data collection on retrospective outcome-based research
• Statistical analysis of data
• Prepare abstracts and manuscripts
• Grant writing

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to work for 8 hours daily in hospital and ambulatory clinic and computer based setting.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Background in statistical analysis is preferred
• Prior experience in clinical research or academic research environment preferred
• Knowledge of clinical trial processes, regulatory requirements, and IRB protocol
• Excellent communication, organizational, and mentoring skills
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data analysis tools is a plus.