Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Pittsburgh
The Physical Activity Research Center at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a full-time Clinical Research Coordinator position.
The Clinical Research Coordinator will closely work with Dr. Duck-Chul Lee (PI) and his research team including Dr. I-Min Lee (MPI) at Harvard Medical School for a newly funded National Institutes of Health (NIH) project (R01HL171098), “Dose-Response to Resistance Exercise on Cardiovascular Health (DoReps)” to test the effects of different doses of resistance exercise on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk profile by conducting a 1-year exercise trial in 240 adults with obesity. This clinical trial will help fill important gaps in our knowledge on effective minimum, beneficial optimal, and safe maximum dose(s) of resistance exercise for CVD prevention.
Job Responsibilities:
• Research participant recruitment, scheduling, and management
• Exercise programming and monitoring
• Fitness and clinical data collection and entry
• Undergraduate research assistants supervision
• Oversees research participants and equipment safety standards during exercise sessions; takes blood pressure readings and records and monitors heart rate for study participants of varying age and medical conditions during sessions.
• Maintains detailed data logs of participation and attendance; motivates participants as needed; conducts follow-up communications with participants upon absence/s.
• Assists with testing protocols as directed.
• Travels to exercise sites as needed.
• Understands, follows, and enforces standard operating procedures.
Job Summary
Oversees research participants and equipment safety standards during aerobic exercise sessions by monitoring study participants of varying age and medical conditions. Assists with testing protocols, travels to exercise sites, and enforces standard operating procedures.
Supervise exercise intervention from 6am to 9pm on weekdays, especially during this summer when current undergraduate research assistants and interns will leave the study right after spring semester.
Typical office work, occasional lifting, regular work in an exercise science lab.
The University of Pittsburgh is an equal opportunity employer / disability / veteran.