• Job Type: Officer of Administration
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Regular
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 35
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $65,000 - $75,000

Under the supervision of the Director of the Integrative Therapies Program, the research nutritionist works with a team of global researchers on studies related to nutrition and integrative medicine in children with cancer. Employee is responsible for coordinating research studies, along with data management, subject accrual, and conduction of subject interviews. The employee will be responsible for managing databases for all research studies and ensuring high-quality data entry. The employee will be responsible for assisting with applications to the federal drug administration for INDs and assist the PI with all necessary documentation. The employee will serve as the main point of contact for a national study that is investigating probiotic therapy for children with cancer, which includes coordination with individual sites on a weekly basis and monitoring of data timepoints and specimen collection. The research nutritionist will devote a small portion of time to providing nutritional education and counseling to children with cancer visiting the outpatient center. As well, there will be opportunities within our international nutrition program, International Initiative for Pediatrics and Nutrition (IIPAN). The research nutritionist must be flexible, highly organized, and able to handle multiple projects simultaneously.

At CUIMC, we are leaders in teaching, research, and patient care and are proud of the service and support we provide to our community. We apply the same rigor in our commitment to fostering an inclusive, thriving community and caring for our employees and their loved ones. We offer immediate eligibility and invest in our employees’ families through comprehensive Health and Welfare, Employee Assistance, Tuition Programs, and Retirement Benefits.

“Subject to business needs, we may support flexible and hybrid work arrangements. Options will be discussed during the interview process”

Responsibilities

• Research - 85% | Clinical - 10% |Additional related duties as assigned – 5%.
• Coordinate, collect and input nutrition and related study data for nutrition and integrative medicine studies in the REDCap database.
• Collaborate the development of grants and research protocols pertaining to nutrition and integrative medicine.
• Serve as primary point of contact for several multi-center clinical studies in nutrition.
• Responsible for submission of all research studies to the institutional review board.
• Assist with correspondence to federal drug administration for submission of INDs.
• Maintain all clinical trials information on clinicaltrials.gov.
• Provide nutritional education as needed.
• Manage correspondence, generate materials, and execute administrative tasks for publications and presentations.
• Performs related duties & responsibilities as assigned/requested.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in education and experience required; plus three years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Registered Dietician (RD) or RD eligible.

Other Requirements

• Experience in counseling in diet and lifestyle changes.
• Excellent organization, computer literacy and communication skills.
• Experience with data collection and analysis.
• Proficient in Spanish, preferred.
• Working knowledge of REDCap, preferred.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

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