Clinical Research Coordinator

About the Role

The Clinical Research Coordinator will assist on clinical research studies, focusing on patient recruitment, data collection, and study protocol adherence. This role supports the Brain Modulation Lab in the Department of Neurosurgery at Massachusetts General Hospital, contributing to research on deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease and brain electrophysiology.

Key Responsibilities

• Review proposals for compliance with sponsor and organizational guidelines.
• Recruit patients for clinical trials and conduct phone interviews.
• Verify study form accuracy and update per protocol.
• Prepare data for analysis and data entry.
• Document patient visits and procedures.
• Assist with regulatory binders and QA/QC procedures.
• Assist with interviewing study subjects.
• Assist with study regulatory submissions.
• Screen and recruit patients with Parkinson’s disease for DBS surgery and assist with informed consent.
• Coordinate research activities with clinical care, including surgery dates, imaging, and programming visits.
• Assist with experiment set-up, execution, and data collection during DBS implantation surgeries, coordinating with surgical teams.
• Set up and run quantitative motor assessments during postoperative DBS programming visits using video recordings, wearable sensors, and audio.
• Administer cognitive and behavioral tasks to inpatients undergoing intracranial monitoring.
• Access patient charts for data related to DBS surgery and programming, and collect patient outcome measures.
• Consolidate, de-identify, and manage intracranial, imaging, video, and wearable-sensor data using Excel, MATLAB, Python, and standard neurological data processing software.
• Improve, debug, and modify pre-processing pipelines.
• Document and maintain specific protocol information and communications.
• Document research activities and maintain research databases (e.g., REDCap).
• Maintain confidential patient files, including correspondence, PHI, raw data, and follow-up status.
• Assist with drafting essential study documents and preparing materials for IRB submissions.
• Attend and prepare summaries of relevant clinical planning and lab meetings.
• Purchase equipment and supplies and maintain communications with suppliers.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's Degree in a related field of study is required.
• Experience may be accepted in lieu of a degree.
• Candidates completing their bachelor's degree have a six-month grace period from hire date (up to one year if starting per diem) to provide degree equivalency verification.
• Careful attention to detail.
• Good organizational skills.
• Ability to follow directions.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• Working knowledge of clinical research protocols.
• Ability to demonstrate respect and professionalism for subjects' rights and individual needs.
• Experience with Excel, MATLAB, Python, and standard neurological data processing software.
• Experience with REDCap.
• Experience with phlebotomy, EKGs, and other clinical tests.
• Some relevant research project work (0-1 year preferred).

Work Location & Details

• Hybrid remote type.
• Work Location: 60 Blossom Street.
• Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40.
• Employee Type: Regular.
• Work Shift: Day.
• Pay Range: $21.00 - $29.01/Hourly.
• Grade: 5.