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The Clinical Research Coordinator – B (CRC-B) will manage the coordination and execution for a clinical trial involving medication and brain imaging at the Penn Center for Women’s Behavioral Wellness within the department of Psychiatry. The person in this role will execute all clinical trial activity on a project for principal investigators Neill Epperson and James Loughead. The CRC will primarily be responsible for nationwide recruiting, independently scheduling and completing participant visits as per study protocol, acting as the lead liaison between our team and other departments within, and external to, the Perelman School of Medicine involved in the project, maintaining appropriate source documentation, and obtaining any and all necessary records and/or documentation required to complete case report forms. The CRC will be responsible for the collection, processing, storage and coordination of shipping for all specimen related to the research project as well as the collection, scoring and storage of cognitive testing data as well as other participant-related data. The CRC will also be responsible for the preparation and submission of regulatory documents through the IRB (modifications, exemptions, continuations, etc.).

A Bachelor’s Degree and 2 to 4 years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience required.

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