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Senior Professional Research Assistant

Requisition Number:

65163

Location:

Boulder, Colorado

City

Boulder

State

Colorado

Employment Type:

Research Faculty

Schedule:

Full-Time

Posting Close Date:

31-Jul-2025

Date Posted:

12-Jun-2025

Job Summary

The University of Colorado’s Center for Health and Neuroscience, Genes, and Environment (CUChange) seeks a full-time Senior Professional Research Assistant to provide regulatory oversight and data management on numerous research protocols. This position is well suited for an individual pursuing a career in clinical or biomedical research, translational human subjects research, or laboratory or data management. Work will take place in Boulder with the possibility of occasional trips to the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Desired start date is August 1, 2025.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Who We Are

CUChange is a motivated team that conducts transdisciplinary research exploring factors linked with health and risk behavior in a number of populations.

What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

  • Supervise all regulatory submissions and management, including IRB and FDA
  • Manage all forms of data
  • Supervise REDCap project design and management
  • Coordinate data harmonization across institutions
  • Oversee meetings and collaborations with external partners
  • Assist with dissemination of research findings (e.g., conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications)

What We Can Offer

$56,000.00 to $66,000.00 annual salary

Benefits

The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder.

Be Statements

Be creative. Be impactful. Be Boulder.

What We Require

  • Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Pre-Health, Human/Integrative Physiology, or Data Science, or equivalent degree and skillset
  • Experience supervising and mentoring others professionally
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • Ability to work collaboratively with study staff, postdoctoral researchers, undergraduates, principal investigators, and other laboratories
  • Experience with human clinical research ethics and preparing IRB submissions (initial applications, amendments, continuing reviews, etc.)
  • Experience with data management/designing projects on data management platforms (REDCap, Qualtrics, etc.)
  • Experience leading randomized clinical trials or other human subjects research protocols as a professional research assistant

What We Would Like You to Have

  • Experience preparing FDA IND submissions (initial applications, amendments, annual reports, etc.)
  • Familiarity with purchasing tools and procedures for academic research (e.g., Concur, Marketplace, etc.)
  • Knowledge of automated data management utilizing application programming interface (API) functionality
  • Data cleaning and visualization experience
  • Literacy in R/RStudio
  • Expertise in data analysis and scientific writing

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit the following materials: 
  1. Resume/CV
  2. Cover Letter
  3. Reference Letter(s) (Not Confidential)
  4. (Optional) Transcripts/Proof of Degree
Please apply by 7/31/2025 for consideration.

Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs.

In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

Posting Contact Information

Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources

Posting Contact Email: Recruiting@colorado.edu