University of South Florida
Tampa, FL, USA
This position typically reports to a physician faculty member that serves as the Principal Investigator (PI) of the research project or on rare occasions to an appropriate program administrator within the department. As the Study Coordinator for a research project, the Nurse Researcher oversees patient-related study activities, research regulatory compliance, data gathering and management according to Federal requirements, and ensures safe collection and preparation of blood and body fluids, including transportation of same. \n Most studies are grant funded, although a few are state, local and privately funded. Others are funded by pharmaceutical companies including cancer-focused clinical trials and oncology-related research studies . \n Grant-funded projects involving human subjects require compliance with numerous stringent Federal, State, university, and department policies, procedures, rules and regulations, for which this position must know, interpret, comply, and prepare...