Clinical Research Coordinator I (Neuroimaging Research Coordinator)

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary

Essential Functions

• Supports the day-to-day coordination and execution of neuroimaging and neurologic research studies, with a primary focus on stroke and cerebrovascular disease.
• Assists with identifying and assembling research cohorts from existing clinical, imaging, and research resources according to study-specific criteria.
• Retrieves and contributes to organizing study data using established institutional systems and research workflows.
• Executes established neuroimaging and data-processing workflows following training and study procedures.
• Performs quality control of data and intermediate processed outputs, and flags missing, inconsistent, or failed data for review.
• Troubleshoots routine data-quality and processing problems and discusses potential solutions with investigators and the research team.
• Uses scripting, programming, statistical, or data-analysis tools, as appropriate, to support data preparation and quality control.
• Maintains study-specific records documenting data sources, retrieval, processing steps, exclusions, quality-control decisions, and modifications made during data preparation.
• Assists with study-specific IRB and regulatory documentation and maintains required research records.
• Helps track project progress and communicates updates, issues, and questions with investigators, collaborators, and other members of the research team.
• Participates in research meetings and collaborative projects, with opportunities to contribute to scientific analyses, abstracts, presentations, and manuscripts.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Education
Bachelor's Degree in Related Field of Study (Neuroscience, Biology, Psychology, Physics, Computer Science, other related field) required.

Candidates who are in the process of completing their bachelor's degree have a six-month grace period from their hire date (up to one year if starting on a per diem basis)to provide degree equivalency verification.

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree?
Yes

Experience
Some relevant research project work 0-1 year preferred, ideally in areas of MRI and/or neuroimaging

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
-Careful attention to detail, strong organizational skills, and ability to manage priorities and track project milestones.

-Ability to follow established research protocols and technical workflows, work with increasing independence, and recognize when problems require further evaluation.

-Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to investigate problems, develop potential solutions, and discuss them with the research team.

-Comfort working with complex data and maintaining clear, reproducible documentation of data sources, processing steps, and quality-control decisions.

-Prior familiarity with Linux or command-line environments is preferred; willingness to learn is expected.

-Prior programming or scripting experience is preferred. Python and shell scripting are particularly useful. Experience with other languages is appropriate.

-Experience with R, statistical software, or other data-analysis tools to support quality control steps is useful; willingness to learn is expected.

-Good interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills, ability to work collaboratively, and ability to handle sensitive clinical and research information in accordance with institutional policies.

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