The University of New Mexico's Center for Memory & Aging is seeking a Clinical Research Supervisor for the newly funded New Mexico Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (NM ADRC). While the term end is 2025, the grant is expected to be funded through at least 2029. https://hsc.unm.edu/research/centers-programs/nmadrc/
The Center for Memory & Aging (CMA) at UNM is funded primarily from National Institute of Health (NIH) grant mechanisms, our main projects involve longitudinal study of older participants with and without cognitive problems, including collection of MRIs, cognitive, neurological, and biospecimen data. Currently all our research studies work with older adults, ages 50 and above. The Center for Memory & Aging is a growing center with a focus on research in Alzheimer's and related dementias. We have a long record of continued research funding.
The CMA is seeking a self-starter, motivated, candidate to coordinate the day-to day activities for research studies. The ideal candidate will have experience coordinating research clinical trials or participant-based research studies. Understanding and training in Human Research as well as Good Clinical Practice will be required.
The responsibilities will include recruiting and scheduling patients for ongoing research studies, ensuring protocol adherence for each study, and maintaining accurate records. Duties also include the collection, compilation, and management of study data. The individual in this position must have strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work effectively with a wide range of people in a diverse community, particularly older adults with cognitive difficulties and their families. This employee will work with confidential information and data, work directly with patients and physicians, to schedule and coordinate research appointments and examinations. Position may involve sporadic travel for recruitment events, generally within the Albuquerque area.
In addition to the above, the position may include assisting with the coordination of add on studies may include EEG, EKG, PET scan and other medical procedures which this position would help to coordinate. Interest or experience in other medical procedures would be an asset.
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