Research Program Manager - 137245

The Department of Pediatrics is one of the largest departments within the School of Medicine with approximately 171 Faculty, 50 postdoctoral fellows (both MDs and PhDs) along with over 300 support staff (not including hospital staff). In addition, the Department has 57clinical residents and fellows distributed across the Divisions. The missions of research, education and patient care are intertwined, and are integral to the goals of the department.

The Department has undergone significant growth in recent years with a consolidated budget of approximately $106 million including sponsored projects expenditures of approximately $54 million and clinical revenue of over $ 52 million. This expansion of the Department'sresearch and clinical portfolio is expected to continue in the next few years.

The Department's 16 divisions include Academic General Pediatrics, Child Development & Community Health; Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology; Cardiology; Environmental Science and Health; Emergency Medicine; Endocrinology; Gastroenterology; Genetics; Genome Information Sciences; Hospital Medicine; Host-Microbe Systems and Therapeutics; Infectious Diseases; Neonatology; Nephrology; and Respiratory Medicine.

In 2001, physicians and leadership of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Rady Children's, and Children's Specialists of San Diego (CSSD) unified pediatric patient care, research, education and community service programs, creating a university-affiliated children'shealth system to serve the region. Over the past two decades, an extensive list of joint programs has developed, with many physicians and researchers playing a role at both institutions.

This affiliation has consolidated the clinical, teaching, research and public service programs of the UCSD School of Medicine's Department of Pediatrics with San Diego's only health care system dedicated to the health and well-being of children. In 2009, this partnership wasfurthered by the creation of Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego, a Medical Foundation, and is now recognized as having global leaders in research, technology, translational medicine, education and clinical excellence.

The Division of Environmental Science & Health is involved in four major areas: 1) providing clinical services to patients with birth defects and developmental disabilities, 2) providing public health services in counseling patients, providers and education to the public aboutpregnancy and lactation exposures and their impact on child development and health, 3) a teaching program that includes undergraduate students, graduate students in epidemiology, medical students, and post -doctoral students, pediatrics, epidemiology, health behavior,global health, pharmacy, and other specialties; and 4) conducting clinical research to better understand the causes, prevention and treatment of birth defects and developmental disabilities. Research programs and projects within the Division involve federal, state and industrysponsored grants and contracts totaling over $60 million. These encompass national and international studies that require complex interrelated infrastructure and shared resources both within the Division and with collaborators and subcontractors outside the Division.

Under the general supervision of the Research Manager, the incumbent directly supervises and manages a team of Research Data Coordinators for the OTIS MotherToBaby Pregnancy Studies. The OTIS Research Center is located within the Department of Pediatrics, Center for Better Beginnings at UCSD. The OTIS Research Center conducts multiple federal and industry sponsored longitudinal observational cohort studies focused on pregnancy outcomes in women exposed and unexposed to specific chronic diseases, medications and/or vaccines. The studies recruit and follow several thousand study participants across the US and Canada.

The incumbent is responsible for hiring, training, evaluating, and supervising a staff of Research Data Coordinators who review and abstract medical records, clean study data as needed, validate maternal interviews, and perform other medical record review and data collection tasks. The incumbent is responsible for managing medical record abstraction and validation, assigning and directing the work to the study team; monitoring progress, goals, and objectives of the team; ensuring compliance with standard operating procedures, data entry and record-keeping protocols, and quality control of abstraction and data cleaning tasks. The incumbent prepares various team reports or assigns report generation to team members, and creates and updates study manuals or oversees updates to these guides. The incumbent may participant in other study activities, or oversee staff participating in other study activities, such as socio-economic scoring (SES), validation of interview data-entry, or other activities as needed or as requested by the Research Manager.

• Seven (7) years of related experience, education/training, OR a Bachelor's degree in related area plus three (3) years of related experience/training.

• Working knowledge of clinical or laboratory research, clinical trial recruitment, eligibility, protocol adherence, quality data submission and adverse event reporting.

• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, prioritize projects and meet the demands of a fast-paced and dynamic work environment. Adaptable to quickly changing priorities.

• Demonstrated skills in employee supervision and HR administration. Demonstrated experience in training others, particularly in the field of research.

• Critical thinking skills to evaluate issues and identify a potential solution.

• Clear and concise communicator; good verbal and written communication skills; both.

• Good interpersonal skills, including but not limited to: problem-solving, teamwork development, leadership, mentorship. Interpersonal skills to effectively motivate others. Works well with others to achieve common goals. Ability to cultivate relationships with multiple stakeholders at various levels of administration.

• Demonstrated experience abstracting and validating medical records, as well as demonstrated experience training staff.

• Advanced degree preferred.

• Five (5) or more years of relevant experience preferred.

• Ability to perform all commonly applicable functions in word processing and spreadsheet software. Effectively uses campus' clinical information and documentation application programs. Proven ability utilizing clinical trial management systems.

• Employment is subject to a criminal background check.