Yale School of Medicine Neurology Department Clinical Research Assistant

Start Date: July 2018

Organization Yale School of Medicine- Department of Neurology

Position Description Dr. Kevin Sheth is seeking research associates to join his neurovascular group as clinical research assistants. The research associate will work directly with critically ill patients at the Yale New Haven Hospital Neuroscience Critical Care Unit. This position will provide the opportunity to conduct research, manage the Yale Acute Brain Injury Biorepository, and coordinate clinical trials in stroke and intracerebral hemorrhage, as well as to attend department conferences, lectures, and rounds.

Responsibilities include:

• Coordinating stroke and neurocritical care clinical trials

• Taking on-call shifts for clinical trial enrollment

• Developing research tools

• Maintaining regulatory documents and databases

• Screening and consenting patients

• Collecting biosamples

• Performing neurologic assessments and collecting outcomes data via telephone interviews

• Data collection and analysis

Position Requirements

• Interest in the neurosciences

• Exhibit skills in databases and analyses

• Strong academic record

Time Commitment Full-time, with a minimum commitment of one or two years

Compensation TBD

Apply To apply, complete the online application and email your CV to yale.neurology.postgrads@gmail.com.