The Research Assistant I assists an Investigator, Research Associate or Project Manager with operationalizing the tasks associated with implementing a research study. This includes a variety of tasks related to recruitment, data collection, data management, and reporting of results.

• Recruits and consents research participants.


• Conducts telephone or in-person interviews with participants including screening for eligibility.


• Performs follow-up (by telephone, e-mail and/or mail) with study participants.


• Prepares, mails and processes questionnaires and other study correspondence.


• Assist in tracking study participants using MS Excel.


• Keeps accurate and detailed records and files of work.


• Reviews, edits, cleans and enters participant data into a database.


• May assist with literature reviews for proposal submissions and manuscript preparation.


• Bookkeeping related to study budgets (ordering supplies, requesting checks for payment & participant incentives).


• Miscellaneous administrative tasks (typing labels, copying, faxing, meeting preparation, note-taking, transcribing audio files, etc.).