RESEARCH COORDINATOR

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

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Department of Medicine: Allergy and Infectious Diseases has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Coordinator to join their team.

POSITION PURPOSE

The purpose of the Research Coordinator (RC) position is to assist with the development, oversight and execution of investigator-driven clinical research study. The RC will be directly supervised by the Program Manager and will work closely with other Research Coordinators, collaborators and study stakeholders to execute this research program.

POSITION COMPLEXITIES

The Chu Lab is involved in several clinical research studies focused on SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) and other infectious respiratory pathogens and is seeking a Research Coordinator to assist with an ongoing project. The Chu Lab in collaboration with the Brotman Baty Institute and Kaiser Permanente Northwest will be working on a multi-year, multi-site research study to provide routine COVID-19 testing to households in the Seattle and Portland metro area.

POSITION DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT TO THE UNIVERSITY

This prospective cohort study aims to study vaccine effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 virus infection among children, and to study the incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection among households.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Research (50%)