Research Methods Specialist - Geriatric Mental Health Service Research-camh

The Geriatric Mental Health Services (GMHS) is dedicated to the provision of specialized, interprofessional assessment, treatment, consultation, and follow-up services to older persons with mental illness and addiction. GMHS has a strong research focus component, aiming primarily to enhance understanding of the variability of treatment responses in older persons. Enabling tailored approaches to care for this population with medication and other treatments. Such approaches can then enhance treatment efficacy and reduce adverse experiences in the care of late life mental health disorders.

In this position, you will assist the Principal Investigators, Research Operations Manager and program staff with a number of database and statistical responsibilities for the entire GMHS Research division. These include (but are not limited to): development of database structure, testing, operationalizing, and maintaining study databases and study tools using primarily the REDCap platform; pulling and cleaning data in preparation for data analyses; conducting basic analyses using statistical packages (e.g., SPSS, SAS, Matlab, R); and simple data interpretation. You will also be required to assist in developing and implementing database frameworks and evaluation tools, linking study databases with larger scale projects using existing CAMH data platforms (e.g. REDCap, XNAT, LabKey, Tableau), monitoring day-to-day data collection, ensuring data integrity and accuracy, and entering and quality assuring study data. You will coordinate consistent data capture (where possible) across research studies within and advise on strategic approaches for data consistency to maximize output of data collection.

In addition, you will help develop departmental SOPs as well as follow and update any existing departmental data SOPs. You will stay up-to-date with new database creation and linkage techniques available through CAMH, and will liaise with the CAMH Neuroinformatics and Biostatistics department.

You will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork, and complies with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements. This position is located at the 1025 Queen Street West.