The Healthy Aging & Alzheimer's Research Care (HAARC) Center at The University of Chicago Medical Center needs to bridge the gap between diverse Chicagoland communities and the research center to build trust, engage community members and organizations, and recruit participants for HAARC Center studies, particularly from Black and Latino/a populations.
Requirements
- Comprehend technical documents.
- Create and deliver presentations.
- Uses knowledge of clinical studies to coordinate the collection of analyzable clinical research data and/or samples with a limited to moderate degree of independence.
Responsibilities
- Manage aspects of clinical research outreach, including participant recruitment, screening, and enrollment processes in collaboration with study PI and Director of Community Engagement, Outreach and Recruitment.
- May assist with obtaining informed consent, collecting research data, and ensuring protocol adherence.
- Conduct in-person and online eligibility screenings and manage referrals to ensure a seamless participant transition to the study site.
- Prepare weekly reports on recruitment and retention efforts.
- Facilitate the development and dissemination of promotional study materials.
- Develop weekly reports on recruitment/retention activities and maintain recruitment and outreach databases.
- Protect participant data confidentiality by ensuring the security of research data and personal information health information and compliance with federal regulations and sponsor protocols.
Other
- Actively engage with community members, clinicians, and community-based organizations to build connections, recruit participants, and ensure ongoing engagement. Build and maintain relationships with community partners by attending meetings, tracking communications and partner interests, facilitating connections.
- Represent the HAARC Center at community events, which will occur on evenings or weekends.
- Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
- Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through 2-5 years of work experience in a related job discipline.
- Experience recruiting individuals for clinical research, particularly from underrepresented populations, and coordinating multiple studies (e.g., investigator-initiated, industry-sponsored, multi-site trials).
