About The Role
The Clinical Database Researcher is a pro-bono/volunteer position that researches databases online and creates innovative projects for Socratic Med’s Research Program’s mentees to expose students to research
The Clinical Database Researcher is responsible for formulating a research question, writing project methodology, introducing parameters, and doing investigative work utilizing past research or relevant data sets. The Researcher will also be responsible for outlining the contents of this project as would be reflected in an academic research paper. The Researcher will do this in a way that leaves the bulk of strategic thinking, calculations, and conclusions up to the students. The Clinical Database Researcher would be able to spend minimal yet sufficient time with a dataset to ascertain its relevance, without needing to do exhaustive calculations or data collections; these tasks will be carried out by the student participants as they learn, using these projects, how to better engage with and take part in clinical research.
This position collaborates with various roles, including but not limited to: mentors & mentees, director of research and development, research operations, chief research officer, chief executive officer, and chief medical officer.
Roles & Responsibilities
Ultimately, the job of the Clinical Database Researcher is investigating to create projects for pre-medical students. This may include:
Creating 2-4 (or more, if able) projects per financial quarter
Exploring various online data sets to provide direction on a given project
Creating ‘Project Modules’ for students to complete before research begins with information pertaining to specific aspects of the research project
Provide council and direction to students as they engage in research and have questions
Meet with the R&D team in a collaborative effort to ensure quality of projects
Reports to:
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Research Officer
VP of Research Operations
Director of Research & Development (R&D)
Board of Directors
Collaborates Closely With:
Director of Operations for R&D
Research Program Mentors
Mandatory Experiences & Background:
Bachelor's Degree preferred or working towards Bachelor’s degree completion
Experience with data analysis and research manuscript writing.
Experience with statistical analysis programs and working with large datasets
Strong interest in biomedical research
1 to 2 year commitment
Preferred Experiences & Background:
Familiarity with coding languages preferred (ex. MATLAB, R, Python etc.)
Working knowledge of the healthcare profession and medical school applications
Knowledge of research ethics, compliance, and regulations
Excellent written and verbal communication
Excellent research and analysis skills
Experience in productivity applications: Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Suite, Emails
Benefits:
Named as secondary author on the projects you create, directly behind the Primary
Investigator (PI)
Become networked with doctors and researchers in the medical field
Gain valuable leadership experience prior to medical school or other advanced degree training
About Socratic Med
Socratic Med is a non-profit organization that aims to empower under-resourced students to medicine. We aim to impart knowledge, provide opportunities, and overall, a community to successfully promote students’ success and their dreams of becoming a healthcare professional.