Clinical Research Assistant to provide support to the Center for Tobacco Research within the Comprehensive Cancer Center. Research at the Center for Tobacco Research aims to provide evidence-based knowledge urgently needed by the scientific community, public health officials and regulatory authorities to regulate tobacco and nicotine products effectively and in a way that best serves individual and public health.

Responsibilities

* Reviews medical records and assists with data extraction, entry, and submission

* Assists with scheduling and conducting monitoring visits and query resolution

* Requests medical records and images

* Responds to inquiries from study participants

* Assists with bio-specimen processing; assists with tissue requests

* Schedules patients for research appointments

* Maintain protocol adherence

* Conducts study research visits

* Performs other duties as assigned by project leader or management

Minimum Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in Biological Sciences, Health Sciences or medical field, or equivalent combination of education experience. Experience in research capacity desired. Knowledge or experience in specialty may be desired. Experience in phlebotomy may be desired. Experience performing basic laboratory procedures to process biological specimens may be desired. Computer skill required with knowledge of database software applications desired.

Position Mapping

Research and Scholarship Clinical Research Technical T2

The OSUCCC James is the only cancer program in the United States that features a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated comprehensive cancer center aligned with a nationally ranked academic medical center and a freestanding cancer hospital on the campus of one of the nations largest public universities.