Research Assistant Ii

3 weeks ago


Toronto, Canada Women's College Hospital Full time

Women’s College Hospital is the first and only independent, academic, ambulatory care hospital in Ontario with a primary focus on the health of women. If you’re ready to be part of the future of healthcare, then you will want to join an institution in which the possibilities for creative innovation, breakthroughs in new thinking and groundbreaking work in academic ambulatory medicine are limitless. Women’s College Hospital is committed to patient safety as a key professional value and an essential component of daily practice.

Job description:
Dr. Kouri is a staff physician and scientist, specializing in adult respiratory medicine, with a focus on airways diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD). These conditions are the two most common chronic respiratory diseases in Canada, affecting millions of Canadians. Though effective therapies and management strategies are available for asthma and COPD, a majority of people with these conditions remain poorly controlled, contributing to significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare utilization across the country.

Dr. Kouri’s research focuses on the reasons behind these care gaps, specifically looking into how we can leverage digital health technologies to improve the care of people with asthma and COPD.

Summary of Duties:
Research (55% of work time)
- Collect and assist in the processing and compilation, verification, maintenance, and archiving of research data.
- Collect, transcribe, organize, quality control, and data enter study related data.
- REB submission reviews
- Act as the on-site point of contact for the studies
- Provide feedback to participants and research staff and arranges follow-ups, as required.
- Develop / maintain trusted relationships with participants and stakeholders.
- Recruit screen and schedule interviews with study participants through various means
- Develop and maintain accurate records of participant's data and progress during projects.
- Collect data via phone calls, interviews.
- Follow strict protocols for participant interactions.
- Prepare reimbursement forms and payment requisitions for study-related invoices and expenses.
- Facilitate compensation of study participants under direction of study team/PL

Administrative (40% of work time)
- Develop correspondence and other relevant documentation, including letters, memos, reports, invoices, abstracts, forms etc.
- Coordinate communication between team and external partners
- Organize video/teleconference meetings for research studies, including contacting attendees and preparing meeting materials.
- Maintain calendars, and manage complex scheduling requests.
- Help maintain CV of the PI
- General office (incld. virtual) duties, e.g. filing, mailings, courier services, photocopying, printing, scanning, distributing information etc.

Day to day project and staff guidance tasks (5% of work time)
- May support onboarding and mentoring of incoming research assistants, providing them with resources to conduct their day to day tasks, answering all of their questions, supporting them as they integrate into the team.
- May handle operations of the research team (incl. Research contracts, research financial (invoices, p-card, payment requisitions forms), HR (payroll, job descriptions, interviews), budgets, education (courses), reporting deadlines, and overall day to day management of the team's resources (ordering supplies, manage office space

As a role model and champion you will work to identify and integrate safe, best practices into daily activities to foster the delivery of safe and exemplary care.

The responsibilities described above are representative and are not to be construed as all-inclusive.

Qualifications/Skills:

- Undergraduate or Master’s degree and previous relevant experience, OR demonstrable equivalent combination of specialized education and experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of respiratory medicine.
- Demonstrated knowledge of medical and scientific terminology.
- Knowledge of research ethics, confidentiality and documentation standards.
- Comfortable working with data sets an asset.
- Strong computer skills, particularly database, spreadsheet and word processing.
- Ability to learn and use reference management systems, and research databases.
- Experience with a reference manager (i.e EndNote, Zotero, etc.) is preferred.
- Excellent communication (verbal/written) and interpersonal skills are necessary
- Problem Solving
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Excellent attention to detail
- Excellent organizational skills to manage multiple tasks in a timely manner and flexibility to adapt to changing workload
- Able to take initiative
- Able to work in a fast paced, adaptable environment.
- An asset if already completed TCPS CORE 2, Health Canada Division 5, Good clinical practice certificate, Responsible Conduct of Research, GIS (Geographic information System) certificate, Clinical Research certificate (if not



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