Clinical Research Assistant I

Site: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

 

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

 

Clinical Research Assistant I, IG

 

Job Summary

GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:

Our team’s research is dedicated to understanding and improving the access, affordability, and value of ambulatory care in the US. Topics include primary care payment, delivery, and policy innovation; telemedicine; burdens of care faced by older adults; low-value care and its downstream consequences; and physician gender equity (See here for an overview). We are looking for a full-time Research Assistant (RA) (40 hours/week, hybrid/remote with flexible hours) to help us with this work. The Research Assistant II (RA II) will work closely with Dr. Ganguli and her team, which includes collaborators at a range of institutions such as Brown School of Public Health, the Harvard School of Public Health, RAND, and Oregon Health & Science University. The RA will participate in research and other publications as a co-author, present research, and be mentored by Dr. Ganguli and the team. The RA will also have opportunities to assist Dr. Ganguli in writing articles for newspapers and other media outlets, and to interface with her work on national primary care policy. In affiliation with the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care (DGIM), the RA II will have numerous opportunities for training and career development, for example by attending conferences and participating in division-wide RA activities.

 

Over the course of a research project, the RA will:

• Help to prepare Institutional Review Board (IRB) review documents
• Manage projects and workflows (schedule conference calls and meetings, prepare agendas and pre/post-meeting materials; keep various study teams on weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules)
• Conduct literature reviews and manage citations with Zotero
• Use Excel to collect, construct, clean, and link data sets and perform descriptive analyses
• Learn and apply statistical methods such as linear regression, matching, and quasi-experimental designs using statistical software such as STATA or R
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, posters, figures, tables, and other data visualizations (creativity encouraged!)
• Assist in writing and formatting research manuscripts for publication

• Bachelor’s Degree, ideally with planned or current enrollment in health policy, health professional, or public health graduate school.
• An interest in health care and health care policy, ideally with plans to go into health services or health policy research.

• Experience with MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience with programming software (STATA, R)
• Data visualization
• Familiarity with research citation managers such as Zotero preferred
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Exceptional organizational skills
• Ability to think critically, work independently, and meet deadlines

 

 

Hybrid

 

1620 Tremont Street

 

40

 

Regular

 

Day (United States of America)

 

Pay Range

$19.76 - $28.44/Hourly

 

Grade

5

 

At Mass General Brigham, we believe in recognizing and rewarding the unique value each team member brings to our organization. Our approach to determining base pay is comprehensive, and any offer extended will take into account your skills, relevant experience if applicable, education, certifications and other essential factors. The base pay information provided offers an estimate based on the minimum job qualifications; however, it does not encompass all elements contributing to your total compensation package. In addition to competitive base pay, we offer comprehensive benefits, career advancement opportunities, differentials, premiums and bonuses as applicable and recognition programs designed to celebrate your contributions and support your professional growth. We invite you to apply, and our Talent Acquisition team will provide an overview of your potential compensation and benefits package.

 

2200 The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To ensure reasonable accommodation for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Veteran’s Readjustment Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, applicants who require accommodation in the job application process may contact Human Resources at (857)-282-7642.

 

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