Campus Description: Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. The University is a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities and co-manager of nearby Brookhaven National Laboratory, a multidisciplinary research laboratory supporting world class scientific programs utilizing state-of-the-art facilities. Stony Brook University Medical Center is Suffolk County's only academic medical center and tertiary care provider. Many opportunities exist for collaborative research, and in some cases, joint appointments with BNL or with Medical School departments.
Descriptive Title: Research Support Specialist (P/T) REF#: HS-R-6911-11-08-S
Budget Title: same as above Research Foundation Support Position
Department: Preventive Medicine RF Line#:
Grade: N.11 Campus: Stony Brook West Campus/HSC
Salary: $19,530 - $25,137 @ .63 FTE
THIS POSTING IS NOT CURRENT !!!

Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree. Full time experience in data management or other relevant experience in research environment. Background in computerized data collection, data processing, and data management
Preferred Qualifications: Master's Degree.

Brief Description of Duties: The Research Support Specialist will assist in data management activities for Coordinating Center operations. These activities include receiving and reviewing forms, preparing of forms for data entry, performing data entry, preparing and sending edit statements and assisting in preparing materials for study meetings. Must have excellent communication and writing skills and demonstrate strong organizational skills.
  • Assist in data management activities. Incumbent will provide data log in, input and generation of edit reports.
  • Review study forms for content, completeness and accuracy; make appropriate notations when necessary and prepare code forms for data entry.
  • Implement, provide and update written documentation for procedures to organize, manage and file data.
  • Generate and follow protocols for use of data management software to track data flow and collect administrative data, suggest modifications, where necessary.
  • Generate data monitoring reports.
  • Modify data collection forms in collaboration with study team members, as needed.
  • Conduct written and verbal inquiries related to assigned functions.
  • Assist in coordination of the distribution of supplies to clinical centers.

Other Duties:

Special Notes: This is a part-time position, 25 hours per week, days and hours vary. The Research Foundation of SUNY is a private educational corporation. Employment is subject to the Research Foundation policies and procedures, sponsor guidelines and the availability of funding. Internal and external search to occur simultaneously. FLSA Nonexempt position, eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

The selected candidate must successfully clear a background investigation.

Application Procedure: Those interested in this position should submit a Research Foundation Employment Application, Resume and Cover Letter to:

Lynette Dias
Department of Preventive Medicine
Health Sciences Center, L-3, Room 107
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-8036
Fax#: (631) 444-7525


Applications for this position must be received, as specified in the Application Procedure Section, no later than 5:00 PM Eastern Time on 09/30/2011, unless specifically noted otherwise in the Special Notes Section.

THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF SUNY IS AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.
IF YOU NEED A DISABILITY-RELATED ACCOMMODATION, PLEASE CALL THE HUMAN RESOURCE SERVICES DEPARTMENT AT (631) 632-6161 OR THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT AT (631) 444-4700.
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Job Category: E) Research (professional) and Technical to include lab support positions.
Posting Date: 08/07/2011
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