Clinical Research Coordinator I

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Position Summary
The Correlative Studies Program (CSP) provides biospecimen management services to facilitate advanced and comprehensive translational cancer research with the overall goal of aiding in discovering new cancer diagnostic and treatment standards. CSP is part of the Cancer Clinical Research Unit (CCRU). The Clinical Research Coordinator I (CRC) will work directly with the Lymphoma and CSP teams at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. The position will bridge the lymphoma clinics and the translational research lab in the MaRS building.

The Clinical Research Coordinator I (CRC) will be responsible for accruing patients to translational research studies. This includes explaining the study protocol to patients, answering questions, reviewing inclusion/exclusion criteria, and documenting the informed consent process. Other responsibilities include reviewing protocols, creating study-specific materials and workflows, tracking biospecimens collected, issuing and resolving queries, attending regular team meetings, and keeping trackers and biospecimen inventory current. The CRC will collaborate with investigators, clinical research nurses, and other healthcare professionals, including the BMT cell therapy coordinators, to jointly assume responsibility for the frontline management and coordination of non-therapeutic oncology trials while integrating the research studies into standard-of-care therapies.

Duties

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