Research Specialist

Description:

Join the Colorado School of Public Health as a Research Specialist (Open Rank Research Services Entry – Intermediate Professional). This position is a key member of the school’s Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity & Diabetes (LEAD) Center that will work to implement the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO) Study protocols.

Key responsibilities include overseeing daily operational tasks, such as scheduling and conducting in-person and remote study visits; coordinating, obtaining, and processing biospecimen collections; administering surveys; performing data entry; and carrying out quality assurance activities.

The Research Specialist will also assist with preparing and mailing biospecimen collections to designated laboratories and coordinating participant travel when needed to support study visit attendance. Strict compliance with IRB rules, regulations, and guidance is required.

Key Responsibilities:
 

• Collect blood samples and physical measurements including weight, height, and other diet and physical activity measures.
• Administer health-related questionnaires to study participants.
• Collect and enter data from visit forms into a secure electronic database.
• Coordinate scheduling and logistics of study visits and program events.
• Support participant engagement through outreach and communication.
• Participate in study-related travel and offsite clinic events as needed.
• Document, organize, and synthesize data collection procedures outlined in the manual of operations.
• Quality assurance activities including resolution of data edits.
• Assemble and mail out data & biospecimen collection kits to study participants.
   

This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) position that reports to the ECHO Study Project Manager.

Work Location:

Why Join Us:

Onsite – This role is expected to work onsite and is located at the CU Anschutz Campus in Aurora, CO.

The Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) is a unique and collaborative graduate school that combines the collective expertise of three Colorado universities: the University of Colorado Anschutz Campus (CU Anschutz) in Aurora, Colorado State University (CSU) in Fort Collins, and the University of Northern Colorado (UNC) in Greeley, Colorado. The Colorado School of Public Health is the only accredited school of public health in the Rocky Mountain Region, attracting top tier faculty and students from across the country, and providing a vital contribution towards ensuring our region’s health and wellbeing. The school’s faculty, staff, and students work together to share knowledge and conduct innovative research and community service to actively address public health issues including chronic disease, access to healthcare, environmental threats, emerging infectious diseases, costly injuries, and more.

The Lifecourse Epidemiology of Adiposity and Diabetes (LEAD) Center represents a collaboration at University of Colorado Anschutz between the Colorado School of Public Health and the Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine. The LEAD Center is a multidisciplinary research center that investigates and seeks to understand the developmental origins of health and disease, particularly obesity, type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the complex interplay of environmental exposures, genetic and epigenetic processes in critical developmental periods across the lifecourse.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:
 

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 10/year
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service