Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
(https://www.bu.edu/sph/about/departments/environmental-health/)
The Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) has a long history and national reputation of interdisciplinary research to address the health effects of environmental exposures. Our work addresses the health effects of exposures to complex mixtures of chemicals, including chemicals contained in consumer products as well as contaminants of water, food, and soil such as lead or mercury. We evaluate the health effects of air pollution and a changing climate, including through the school-wide Center for Climate and Health at BUSPH, which is led by environmental health faculty. We are also interested in the adverse effects of non-chemical hazards such as noise, heat, and social stressors, and how different kinds of chemical and non-chemical exposures accumulate or interact to harm health. Vulnerable populations such as children and people living in poverty in the US and internationally are of special interest to us.
Within the Department of Environmental Health there is a Workforce Development group that houses the two BUSPH grant-funded training centers: the federally-funded New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), and a Massachusetts Department of Health-funded programs, the Local Public Health Institute (LPHI).
The Project Coordinator is responsible for subject recruitment, payment, scheduling, testing, and equipment maintence. This position will be resonsible for entering paricipant data with a focus on accuracy and oversee doule data entry by students; cleaning of the data and ensuring data integrity. The coordinator will assist the research manager with developing and managing IRB and HRPO application and protocol documents as well as monthly status reports on finances and recruitment goals. The coordinator will perform literature searches and assist with compilation of annual reports and manuscripts for publication and update the study website and social media pages. The coordinator will liaise with other study staff, investigators and Research Coordinators to resolve operational and administrative issues and will also submit invoices. This position will be responsible for supplies ordering and monitoring for their respective studies.
Essential Functions:
1. Subject Recruitment & Payment:
- Manage subject recruitment process including maintaining database of calls and responses, develop recruitment materials, call potential research subjects, track subject responses, prepare IRB consent form and make sure they are administered properly and signed by the subjects. Create reimbursement forms for subjects and submit them directly to A/P to make sure each subject receives their subject payment for completing the study. Also creates spreadsheet to track that payments have been made for all subject IDs
- Schedule subject testing and administer tests (including neuropsychological)): schedule and remind subjects of their study appointment by email or phone. Will also coordinate visit with General Clinical Research unit for phlebotomy and physical examinations.
2. Data Entry:
- Responsible for entering participant data into REDCap and also ensuring the completion and accuracy of double double data entry. Responsible for reconciling all data discrepancies generated in the monthly data cleaning report to ensure data intergrity. Oversees double data entry keying by summer/work students.
3. Additional Responsibilities:
- Assist in manuscript preparation. Interact with collaborating PIs for all aspects of day to day operation of respective studies.
- Generate monthly recruitment reports for respective studies. Responsible for meeting recruitment goals.
- Responsible for monitoring non-salary budgets, Travel expense reports, book travel for participants, order supplies for each grant responsible for
