Duties and Responsibilities for Research Assistant/Associate (PRA) Template The specific study activities should be described in detail

in this section of the job description. Project clerical duties should not require more than 25% of the assigned duties for the position. Project clerical duties refer to clerical tasks that are performed specifically for a particular sponsored program such as ordering and receiving laboratory supplies to be used for a project on which the employee with a research associate title is working and reviewing e!penditures to ensure they are allocable to a particular sponsored program on which the employee with a research associate title is working. There should be a higher level of decision making required of the position that is beyond what may be considered routine and the activities of the position should require analytical thinking processes to be used in the decision making process for the position. "ome e!amples of P#$ job duties could include the following% &. 2. *. +. 5. /. 1. 'evelop research protocol (ollaboration with P) or "enior P#$ $bstract 'ata from patient charts ,alidate quality of data elements-data editing .valuate consistency of medical data $d0hoc programming as needed 'iagnose and solve system-software problems install applications software as related to research needs 2. Provide computational research support 3. Perform studies as related to research project &4.'iagnose and problem solve as it relates to the research project &&.(oordinate clinical trials &2.(onduct screens and assays &*.#ecruit and enroll study participants &+.5rite protocols and informed consents &5.Perform study scheduling &/.Track patient participation &1.(onduct literature searches &2.$dminister patient interviews and preparing assessments &3.Preparation of tissues cell cultures blood samples etc. for testing 24.Training of laboratory personnel in e!perimentation techniques 2&.(onduct phage displays 6bio0panning technologies7 22.8easure and monitor gene e!pression 6in mice7 2*.8icroscopic analysis 2+.$ssist core users with microarray analysis and images 25.$nimal care related to research procedures 2/.Perform recombinant '9$ work 21..valuation of receptor e!pression and virus susceptibility 22."equence cloned genes 23.8onitor cell interactions *4.8odify test verify and analy:e research data *&.Prepare samples for analysis by various instrumentation *2.Perform e!periments **.Tabulate research data *+.#ecord results of e!periments *5.)nterview human subjects participating in a clinical trial

*/.'evelop research survey questionnaire or tests *1.Prepare research manuscripts and research presentations *2.'evelop and maintain research databases