Senior Research Project Manager
University of Chicago
Summary
Coordinate and oversee execution of research projects. Manage the day-to-day activities and the overall workflow of projects, including research on opioid use and opioid use disorder, chronic pain management, minoritized populations.
Job description
- Perform literature searches and contribute to writing manuscripts.
- Manage Institutional Review Board processes, documents and protocols.
- Provide training and oversight to research support personnel, medical students, undergraduate research assistants and volunteers.
- Manage project equipment and supplies.
- Oversee budget and purchase of study related materials.
- Assist with the preparation of grant proposals and grant reports.
- Helps develop, design and conduct research projects according to plan, including electronic health record-based health interventions, health systems-based interventions, and pragmatic trials.
- Ensures project compliance with different policies, procedures, directives, and mandates.
- Engage with and serve as the main project contact for stakeholders, partner organizations and clinical sites.
- Perform qualitative interviews with patients and clinicians.
- Develop and analysis of user-centered designed interview.
- Assist with intervention development, evaluation planning, and instrument design and implementation science.
- Oversee development of provider tools and patient education materials.
- Oversee data collection, management and analysis.
- Contribute to strategic planning and new research development.
- Contribute to abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts.
- Ensure fidelity to study timeline and goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Public Health, Health Administration or other Health related field
- 2 years of experience in clinical research studies
- 2 years with electronic health record-based health interventions
- 2 years with health systems-based interventions, pragmatic trials
- 2 years with development of provider tools and patient education materials
- 2 years with qualitative interviews with patients and clinicians
- 2 years with develop and analysis of user-centered designed interview
- Education or experience supporting IRB processes
- Education or experience with implementation science
- Education or experience with research on opioid use and opioid use disorder, chronic pain management, minoritized populations, engaging community partners
- Background check including review of conviction history required
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Retirement plan
- Paid time off
Company overview
The University of Chicago is a world-renowned private research university founded in 1890 and located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. As a premier academic institution, it operates one of the most comprehensive biomedical research enterprises in the United States through its Biological Sciences Division, which includes over 1,100 faculty members across 10 basic science and 14 clinical departments. The university manages extensive research infrastructure including the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center, multiple specialized research institutes, and maintains affiliations with Argonne National Laboratory and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. With research funding exceeding $450 million annually and more than 3,300 patents filed since 1987, the institution is a global leader in scientific discovery and innovation. The Biological Sciences Division alone supports over 500 research-active faculty who secure an average of $588,000 in NIH funding per principal investigator, focusing on areas including cancer biology, immunology, microbiology, molecular metabolism, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology. The university's commitment to interdisciplinary research and its unique position as manager of national laboratories creates unparalleled opportunities for translational research and scientific advancement.