Research Assistant (SRI) - Evaluative Clinical Sciences - Regular Full-time 2024-8297

Job Overview The Sunnybrook Research Institute, Department of Psychiatry, affiliated with the University of Toronto, is seeking TWO energetic and efficient Research Assistants to work in the areas of suicide prevention, mood disorders, quality improvement and mental health literacy. These two individuals will work within the Suicide Prevention Research Collaborative (SPRC) lab. This individual will perform clinical research activities and coordinate multiple research studies, including clinical trials, in a dynamic and collegial environment. https://sunnybrook.ca/research/content/?page=spl-about These two research assistants will work on a few projects, so if you do not have all the below but have some/most, please apply! Required: An Honours Bachelor’s degree in psychology or related area, with preference given to individuals with at least 2 years of clinical research and/or previous experience in research in the area of psychology and/or psychiatry. Experience conducting standardized semi-structured interviews, qualitative interviews and focus groups and administrating questionnaires is required, ideally within a clinical research setting. Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills. Experience with handling multiple research tasks within the project, from maintaining research integrity, protocol writing, recruitment, data collection and data entry. Preferred: Experience conducting chart reviews and qualitative methods is highly desired. Experience organizing, managing, coding, and analyzing quantitative data is preferred. Experience in biostatistics, research ethics, and grant and manuscript writing is preferred. Experience with database design and maintenance is desired, as is competence with the software programs SPSS, R, REDCap, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Reading and writing in other languages is desired. Responsibilities The successful candidate will be expected to: Multitask and coordinate multiple projects/studies with guidance from the principal investigator. Liaise with investigators and study staff to ensure the consistency and quality of all study procedures. Manage the collection, delivery, entry, verification, management and analysis of our large qualitative chart review studies. Assist in interpreting results and preparing material for presentation, publications, and/or grants. Prepare research ethics board applications and amendments, and maintain study compliance with all terms. Work independently as well as within a collaborative environment. Assist with the day-to-day operations of ongoing clinical and qualitative studies. Perform other duties as assigned. To apply, please send letter of interest and updated resume by email to: Prudence Chan at poming.chan@sri.utoronto.ca . We thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted. The Sunnybrook Research Institute is committed to providing accessible employment practices in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (‘AODA’). If you require accommodation for disability during any stage of the recruitment process, please indicate this in your cover letter. Sunnybrook Research Institute is strongly committed to inclusion and diversity within its community and welcomes all applicants including but not limited to visible minorities, all religions and ethnicities, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and all others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. Please be advised that to be eligible for employment at Sunnybrook, all new hires must have received the full series of a COVID-19 vaccine or combination of COVID-19 vaccines approved by Health Canada (e.g., two doses of a two-dose vaccine series, or one dose of a single-dose vaccine series); AND have received the final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at least 14 days ago. Medical exemptions or any other kind of requested exemption based upon the Hospital’s obligations pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code will be considered on a case-by-case basis.