Suicide Research Prevention Collaborative Research Assistant
Summary Of Duties
- Assist in the coordination of multiple studies with guidance from the principal investigator.
- Meet regularly with study leads to track progress, maintain timelines, and troubleshoot challenges.
- Conduct literature reviews and contribute to the development of new research projects.
- Collaborate with internal research teams, broader research collectives, and individuals with lived experience to inform study design and implementation.
- Assist with both qualitative and quantitative data collection across several projects, while simultaneously ensuring adherence to study protocols.
- Support both qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, in adherence to study protocols.
- Manage data entry, cleaning, organization, and analysis.
- Contribute to knowledge translation efforts, including writing scientific reports, abstracts, manuscripts, and presentations for conferences and journals.
- Prepare and submit research ethics board applications and amendments; ensure ongoing compliance.
- Assist with grant writing and preparation of funding applications.
- Complete administrative tasks as needed, such as tracking expenses, supporting grant reporting, and assisting with onboarding of research staff or students.
- Assist with interpreting results and preparing dissemination materials.
- Support daily operations of ongoing research studies.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Minimum of Bachelor's degree in a health- or psychology-related field or equivalent.
- At least 1--2 years of clinical research experience and/or experience in psychology or psychiatry-related research.
- Training in TCPS/GCP guidelines.
- Knowledge or experience in biostatistics, epidemiology, research methods, grant and manuscript writing is strongly preferred
- Knowledge or experience in using quantitative and qualitative research methods is preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.), SPSS, and NVivo.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and organizational skills
- Attention to detail, strong time management skills and ability to work in a fast paced environment
- Experience with database design and maintenance (e.g., REDCap) is desired.
- Experience working with administrative health data is an asset.
