2025-08-16
University of Pittsburgh
Other
/yr
employee
contract
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
15260
United States
Research Compliance and Program Manager
In the department of Community Health Services and Rehabilitation Science, Doctor of Chiropractic Program, this position leads research operations of the ENRICH Virtual Resource Center by serving as the principal peer mentor to research administrators at multiple Complementary and Integrative Health (CIH) partnering institutions. The ENRICH program aims to build research capacity at CIH partnering institutions through virtual didactic training and continuous programmatic support. The ENRICH Program Administrator will have lead responsibility for ensuring that research administrators and research staff at CIH sites receive the information, resources, and direct mentoring required to meet the aims of the ENRICH program and prepare CIH sites to independently obtain and manage research awards.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
Master's degree
5 years research experience in the health sciences
Oversees regulatory liaison for all clinical sites, coordinating centers, and data management centers and performs grant approval reviews and assists with regulatory reviews. Completes investigator training sessions, assists with compliance investigations, maintains databases, and develops approval guidelines to ensure institutional compliance with all regulations, policies, and applicable regulations.
Provide continuous, one-to-one mentoring to research administrators and research staff at CIH sites throughout the duration of the ENRICH program. Facilitate initial execution and annual renewal of subawards from Pitt to CIH sites, using this key function as a mechanism to train and mentor CIH research administrators in the budgetary and administrative factors involved. Develop and administer a needs assessment for CIH sites to identify areas for training and mentoring at CIH institutions. Periodically administer additional surveys of CIH sites to assess program performance and emergent needs. Develop and provide training in key facets of pre-award and post-award research project administration. Solicit and coordinate the contributions of ENRICH faculty investigators and other experts to these trainings. Develop and provide training on best practices for human subjects protections and overall regulatory compliance. Develop and provide training in key facets of research start up and implementation, including developing a project resource plan, hiring and managing staff, and progress assessment reporting. Solicit and coordinate the contributions of the ENRICH faculty investigators. Supervise the enrollment of CIH research administrators in the online LevelUP research administration training course. Advise and tutor CIH administrators directly regarding course content and its application to their sites. Participate in regular meetings of the ENRICH leadership team and reports to the Co-Program Directors on research and emergent issues at CIH institutions.
Little physical effort required. Duties are primarily sedentary. May be required to move objects up to 25 pounds occasionally.
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