Simons Foundation
Autism Research
ClinicalResearchCoordinator,AutismResearch
“Clinical Research Coordinator, Autism Research at Simons Foundation. Skills: Data quality, Data standardization, Data release, Descriptive statistics, SQL, R, Excel. Support data quality/cleaning and release efforts for all SFARI cohorts, biorepositories, and other clinical data sets. Support data standardization efforts across cohorts, biorepositories, and datasets hosted by SFARI”
What You'll Achieve.
Contribute to quality assurance, standardization, and release of foundation-supported datasets; Ensure datasets are returned to the foundation in a format compliant with SFARI’s requirements; Prepare descriptive statistics for internal and external inquiries, presentations, publications and community reports; Assist the SFARI Science Team in promoting the research goals of SFARI; Providing high-quality public data resources to qualified researchers; Promoting use of SFARI resources in the research community
Industry & Context.
Logical reasoning ability; Solution-focused; Able to solve problems effectively
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelors degree, Experience with SQL, Programming (e.g., R), Using Excel functions and formulas to manipulate data and perform quality control, Preparing graphics (such as histograms) and figures for publication, conference posters and presentations, Detail oriented, Excellent organizational skills, Logical reasoning ability, Self-motivated, Ability to take on independent tasks, Ability to work collaboratively, Solution-focused, Able to solve problems effectively, Ability to balance workload under deadlines and multiple commitments, Excellent written and verbal communication skills, Sound judgment, Discretion, Punctual, Reliable, Commitment to the mission of the Simons Foundation
Nice to Have
Masters degree or 2+ years’ experience in related research or clinical field, Experience with human participants research, Experience with data entry, scoring and/or summarizing surveys and common psychological measures (e.g., IQ tests, ASD instruments such as ADOS, ADI, SCQ etc.), Familiarity with interpretation of measures and scores, Familiarity with ASD and other neurodevelopmental disorders
What You'll Do.
Support data quality/cleaning and release efforts for all SFARI cohorts
and other clinical data sets
Support data standardization efforts across cohorts
and datasets hosted by SFARI
Test workflows for clinical issues/accuracy
Assist with developing and testing relevant data collection and review platforms
Assist the Informatics team in gathering requirements for software development related to data collection and release
Update SFARI Base documentation (welcome packets
Assist with curating phenotypic data from clinical cohorts and biorepositories
Prepare data for internal and external inquiries
and community reports
Answer questions from internal staff or external researchers
Perform other duties or tasks as assigned or required
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Working in collaboration with the SFARI Science, Data & Biospecimens Repository (SDBR) and Informatics Teams; Liaise with external researchers; Collaborate with SFARI Clinical Research Manager, SFARI Vice President and Senior Scientific Officer, and Communications team; Work collaboratively with others
Communication Scope
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Process & Methodology
Ability to balance workload under deadlines and multiple commitments
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