The Department of Medicine is seeking a Sr. Research Program Coordinator who is adept in technology, experienced in clinical trial management, and passionate about community-engaged, equity-focused research. The position requires a candidate who is both independent and able to collaborate effectively with research team members, participants, and broader external stakeholders. This position will be a vital member of a multidisciplinary team led by internal medicine-obesity medicine physician and reproductive health equity researcher Dr. Michelle Ogunwole, whose team is dedicated to developing and testing postpartum interventions that drive systemic changes to support healthier lifestyles for Black women with metabolically complicated pregnancies. This mission-driven team works in close partnership with Black mothers, reproductive justice organizations, and other community-based groups, focusing on implementation, policy translation, and sustainability.
Specific Duties & Responsibilities
Project Coordination and Management
- Responsible for the day-to-day implementation of the project, working closely with Dr. Ogunwole (PI) and the research team in the overall planning of the study.
- Plan agendas and coordinates project meetings.
- Create processes and new systems to ensure a high level of operation and successful implementation of the project.
- Maintain an organized research project portfolio with project tracking on Monday.com.
- Develop and maintain standard operating procedures for the research team and individual projects.
- Generate reports for project deliverables, manage the project and team, and assist with organizing and planning study meetings.
Research Data Management and Compliance
- Assist in preparing and updating study protocols and reports for the Institutional Review Board and sponsors.
- Assist with screening and recruitment of participants as needed.
- Partner with analytic team to prepare data for analysis as needed.
- Oversee creation of research database and processes for data entry.
- Participate in planning, analysis, and interpretation of data as needed.
- Assist with creating interim reports and presentations.
- Develop plans for disseminating study results and participate in the preparation of manuscripts, including drafting methods, results, tables, and figures.
Participant and Stakeholder Engagement
- Participate in discussions with community stakeholders and coordinate efforts with community partners, and participants.
- Support the implementation of all retention strategies—gift card management, birthday calls and other gifts, as well as reminder calls and texts—to ensure high rates of follow-up and survey/interview/focus group completion.
- Work closely with outside consultants/collaborators, community partners, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure timely payment for project-related expenses.
- Act as primary liaison with our community organization partner through meeting scheduling, email communication, and tracking consultant fees.
Budget Management
- Assist with monitoring the study team budget.
- Collaborate with grant management staff to identify and address any expense errors.
- Create budget projections; identify budget surpluses and deficits.
- Ensure timely payment of community partner and other service provider invoices.
- Assess appropriate budgets to charge for new research activities.
- Website/Social Media Development & Management (5%)
- Work closely with Dr. Ogunwole, communication consultants, and IT team to develop and update content for the website.
- Respond to and track website inquiries.
- Act as the primary liaison with graphic designers and web developers.
- Assist with social media outreach and amplification of agreed-upon education and messaging.
Administrative Duties and Participant Retention Strategies
- Support project team with scheduling meetings.
- Plan and co-manage event logistics, act as primary liaison with on-site service providers.
- Implement all retention strategies—manage gift cards, birthday calls, and other gifts, as well as make reminder calls and texts—to ensure high rates of follow-up and survey/interview/focus group completion.
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications- Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.
- Three years related experience, with experience in health research and/or intervention clinical trial research.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications- Master’s Degree in public health, health communication, project management, or related discipline.
- Implementation research experience, maternal health research; cardiovascular disease research experience, nutrition or nutrition policy research experience.
- Familiarity with Canva; experience with analysis using basic statistical software; experience with qualitative data collection and analysis; familiarity with project management tools or systems (Monday.com preferred)
- Demonstrated lead/supervisory responsibilities.
Classified Title: Sr. Research Program Coordinator
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/MB
Starting Salary Range: $20.97 - $36.71 HRLY ($28,150 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Part-time
Schedule: M-F 20 hrs/week
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: Remote
Department name: SOM DOM General Internal Medicine
Personnel area: School of Medicine
