Director for Data Coordinating and Operations Center

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Type of Position:
Faculty – Non-Tenure

Job Type:
Regular

Work Shift:

Sponsorship Available:

No

Institution Name:
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) has a unique combination of education, research, and clinical programs that encourages and supports teamwork and diversity. We champion being a collaborative health care organization, focused on improving patient care and the lives of Arkansans.
The safety of our team members at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is our top priority. For this reason, successful applicants for this position must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 or have an approved medical or religious exemption on file with our Student & Employee Health Services dept. UAMS will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination prior to employment to ensure compliance.
 

UAMS offers amazing benefits and perks (available for benefits eligible positions only ):

• Health: Medical, Dental and Vision plans available for qualifying staff and family
• Holiday, Vacation and Sick Leave
• Education discount for staff and dependents (undergraduate only)
• Retirement: Up to 10% matched contribution from UAMS
• Basic Life Insurance up to $50,000
• Career Training and Educational Opportunities
• Merchant Discounts
• Concierge prescription delivery on the main campus when using UAMS pharmacy

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Department:
COM Peds Pediatrics

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Summary of Job Duties:
The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences is recruiting an individual at the Associate or Full Professor rank to serve as one of the multiple principal investigators (MPIs) of the Data Coordinating Center of the ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN). ISPCTN is a component of the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO), which is funded by the National Institutes of Health. There are 18 clinical awardee sites in the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) states participating in the ISPCTN research program. In addition, as funding is through a cooperative agreement, the NIH actively participates in ISPCTN governance and scientific decision-making. Policies and procedures have been developed to define how the network is governed and makes decisions.
The incumbent will serve as the MPI responsible for general administration and clinical operations and collaborate with the other MPI. We are seeking an individual who has experience directing clinical operations for multicenter clinical trials and overseeing trial implementation, preferably pediatric clinical experience and research project leadership including management of grant funds.
The Data Coordinating and Operations Center of the ECHO IDeA States Pediatric Clinical Trials Network (ISPCTN) at UAMS provides scientific, operational, administrative and logistical infrastructure support to the ECHO ISPCTN to facilitate the development, implementation and dissemination of clinical trial activities and to build pediatric clinical research capacity in the Institutional Development Award (IDeA) states. This is meant to enhance the potential for conducting clinical trials that address health issues of relevance to children in these areas. The populations in the 18 ISPCTN clinical sites are disproportionately rural and/or underserved. Focus areas for ISPCTN clinical trials are obesity, neurodevelopment, upper and lower airway diseases, pre-, peri-, and post-natal outcomes and positive child health.
Network clinical trials that have been recently completed or are underway are shown below:
• Feasibility Trial of the iAMHealthy Intervention for Healthy Weight in Rural Children Recruited from Primary Care Clinics (NCT04142034).
• Vitamin D Oral Replacement in Asthma (NCT03686150).
• Eating, Sleeping, Consoling for Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (ESC-NOW): a Function-Based Assessment and Management Approach (NCT04057820).
• Pragmatic, Randomized, Blinded Trial to Shorten Pharmacologic Treatment of Newborns with Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS) (NCT04214834).
• Improving Pediatric COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Using an mHealth Tool (NCT05386355).
The DCOC’s activities are organized into five areas as shown below:
• General administration: communications, Network program management (governance, meeting support, etc), capitation funds management and dissemination of study results.
• Clinical operations: clinical trial protocol development and implementation, site management, and regulatory affairs, and oversight of quality control.
• Data management and informatics: design, configuration and implementation of systems for secure collection, transmission, management and storage of data, integration of data from external sources and data sharing.
• Biostatistics: study design, sample size/power estimation, randomization and masking, analytic plans, analysis, and reporting.
• Clinical trial skill development: implementation of a curriculum to train investigators and research team members on core concepts in clinical trials to enhance workforce development to support clinical trials.
The DCOC uses a multiple principal investigator approach with one MPI taking responsibility for general administration and clinical operations and the other MPI taking responsibility for data management and informatics, and biostatistics. Both MPIs participate in clinical trials skill development. The DCOC Principal Investigators serve as voting members of the Network Steering and Leadership Committees as well as the ECHO Executive Committee. The DCOC team includes over 50 staff members and engages faculty throughout the institution. The DCOC MPIs are actively engaged in all Network activities, including frequent communication with NIH Program Office, Network leadership structures, and site teams.
The DCOC infrastructure facilitates the potential to respond to funding initiatives for supporting coordinating center activities for other extramurally funded programs.
This is a tenure-track faculty position, with 50% effort support by ECHO ISPCTN DCOC grant funding, negotiable. Other research and/or institutional opportunities may be available depending on candidate experience and interests. The faculty appointment will be in the Department in the UAMS College of Medicine best aligned with the candidate’s background and academic rank will be commensurate with experience.

Qualifications:

Candidate Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following professional qualifications and personal characteristics:

• M.D./Ph.D., or equivalent terminal degree.

• Excellent communication skills, oral and written, along with a track record of successful grant writing are essential.

• Independent research expertise in clinical trials, including multi-site, with accomplishments and national reputation appropriate for the rank of Associate or Full Professor in the College of Medicine.

Preferred Professional Experience

• Prior experience in an Academic Research Organization or Contract Research Organization.

• Excellent leadership and relationship management experience in complex organizations with multiple stakeholders.

Additional Information:

Salary Information:

Commensurate with education and experience

Required Documents to Apply:

Curriculum Vitae

Optional Documents:

Special Instructions to Applicants:

Recruitment Contact Information:

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Pre-employment Screening Requirements:
Criminal Background Check

This position is subject to pre-employment screening (criminal background, drug testing, and/or education verification). A criminal conviction or arrest pending adjudication alone shall not disqualify an applicant except as provided by law. Any criminal history will be evaluated in relationship to job responsibilities and business necessity.  The information obtained in these reports will be used in a confidential, non-discriminatory manner consistent with state and federal law. 

Constant Physical Activity:
Hearing, Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding, Repetitive Motion, Sitting, Standing, Talking, Walking

Frequent Physical Activity:
Hearing, Manipulate items with fingers, including keyboarding, Sitting

Occasional Physical Activity:
Standing, Talking, Walking

Benefits Eligible:
Yes