Clinical Research Coordinator (grants) at Westchester Medical Center – Valhalla, New York

Job Summary: The Research Coordinator is a grant-funded position funded by Urology ECRIP grant from New York State. The Research Coordinator will be engaged to support targeted ‘project completion activities’ consistent with the original aims. The coordinator will be trained to organize, digitize, and consolidate all existing bench-top, surgical, and histologic data into a secure, password-protected REDCap database to ensure data integrity, accessibility, and regulatory compliance. This effort will address fragmentation of datasets accumulated across multiple experimental phases and personnel transitions. This position will function under the direction of the Operations Manager and in coordination with the Principal Investigators (PIs).

Responsibilities:

• Conduct confirmatory laboratory analyses using existing materials, including repeat benchtop experiments employing Western blotting and in situ hybridization techniques to further characterize the biological effects of nanoparticle-based therapies on NMIBC.
• Utilize existing paraffin-embedded tissue blocks generated during earlier phases of the project to confirm and clarify mechanistic findings suggested by preliminary data.
• Repeat critical intravesical instillation experiments using nanoparticle and non-nanoparticle control conditions, including Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) and selected immune-potentiating agents previously incorporated into the experimental design. These studies are designed to complete planned comparative analyses evaluating whether nanoparticle-based approaches may enhance established intravesical therapies.
• Participate in structured educational and supervisory activities, including weekly Departmental Grand Rounds attended with the Principal Investigators and a dedicated weekly laboratory meeting focused on data review, experimental planning, and progress monitoring.
• Work under the daily supervision and mentorship of the Principal Investigators to ensure methodological rigor and alignment with approved protocols.
• Complete a consolidated and validated project database, finalized statistical and experimental analyses
• Prepare at least one peer-reviewed manuscript, and submission of two scientific abstracts to national urologic meetings (Society of Urologic Oncology and American Urological Association). These activities are intended to ensure responsible stewardship of public funds and dissemination of findings generated under the ECRIP award. Continued scholarly involvement beyond the extension period will be limited to completion of manuscripts and abstracts arising directly from work performed during the funded project period.

Continue and close out any pertinent research analysis after NCE and the initiation of the RDA’s training in the formal department residency program.

Qualifications/Requirements:

Experience: Two to three years of experience in academic research or pharmaceutical industry setting preferred, and previous experience with clinical trials, required.

Education: Medical degree from an accredited institution and at least 2 years of urologic training in an ACGME accredited urologic training program.

Licenses / Certifications: N/A