Clinical Sciences Professional (Open Rank)

Job Summary:

Established in 2010, the Anna and John J. Sie Center for Down Syndrome at Children’s Hospital Colorado is one of the leading Down syndrome clinics in the United States. Our world-renowned team of experts provides medical, educational, and therapeutic care that helps children and adolescents with Down syndrome thrive. Through close partnership and collaboration with the Global Down Syndrome Foundation and Linda Crnic Research Institute, the Sie Center is a model for Down syndrome care, combining excellence in clinical care, research, community engagement, advocacy, and education.

In the first 14 years, the Sie Center has served over 2,500 patients from 32 states, Puerto Rico, and 11 countries. Our pediatric specialists work together to provide the best possible collaborative care for children with Down syndrome using a multidisciplinary team-based approach. Our services include evaluation, consultation, and therapies for infants, children, teens, and young adults through the age of 22.

The Sie Center is specifically looking for a Research Coordinator to coordinate a new early development study called Harnessing Opportunities for Mobility and Exploration (HOME). For infants, upright mobility is a primary driver of play with objects and caregivers and exploration, activities that support learning and development. Infants with Down syndrome (DS) have significant delays in achieving upright mobility, reducing access to key learning contexts that impact early social and learning experiences. The Portable Mobility Aid for Children (PUMA) body weight support system allows infants to move freely at a time when they are not yet independently mobile and has the potential to enable the play and social experiences that ensue when infants are upright, moving, and exploring. This would be an in-home study for infants and young children with Down syndrome.

Key Responsibilities:

Serve as the Primary Coordinator for the HOME Study, managing day-to-day operations, including participant recruitment, screening, enrollment, and retention of infants and young children with Down syndrome.
Schedule and conduct in-home research, ensuring adherence to study protocols, participant safety requirements, and regulatory guidelines.
Administer developmental, mobility, and behavioral assessments along with study interviews.
Train and support families in the use of the Portable Mobility Aid for Children (PUMA) system and monitor study compliance.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary clinical, research, and community partners to facilitate study implementation and participant care coordination.
Manage clinical research data, including the collection, entry, coding, verification, and maintenance of study records in centralized data management systems.
Responsible for data management for all clinical trial data. Collect, code, and analyze data obtained from research in an accurate and timely manner.
Ensure data quality and regulatory compliance by reviewing participant records for completeness and accuracy, resolving data discrepancies, and maintain study documentation.

Work Location:

Onsite – this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO. Will require local travel to set up research visits. Mileage will be compensated for travel.

Why Join Us:

In just 14 years, the Sie Center has become one of the leading medical clinics for the pediatric population with Down syndrome. Our innovative care directly improves not only the lives and clinical care of our own patients and families, but through our clinical research, extends nationally and globally to set new standards for children and young adults with Down syndrome, including:

• Multiple Sie Center studies were used to create the 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics Down Syndrome Guidelines.

• Establish standardized medical and developmental references.

• Develop best practices, medical testing, and procedures.

• Improve the identification and treatment of complex comorbidities.

• Create tangible support resources for children and families.

• Identify biomarkers to improve diagnoses and reduce costs.

• Improve access to care for the high-risk, underserved Spanish-speaking population.

The mission of the Sie Center for Down Syndrome research program is to improve the quality of care and life of children and young adults with Down syndrome. We accomplish this by serving as a model of multidisciplinary collaboration through the synthesis of our medical, behavioral, mental health, therapy, and educational expertise, as well as our partnership with internal and external investigators.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation, and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package, including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options

• Dental: Multiple plan options

• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision

• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay

• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year

• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)

• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)

• Holiday Days: 15/year

• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses

• ECO Pass: Reduced-rate RTD Bus and light rail service

There are many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Entry Level:

• Bachelor’s degree in any field.

Intermediate Level:

• Bachelor’s degree in any field.

• One (1) year of clinical research or related experience.

Senior Level:

• Bachelor’s degree in any field.

• Two (2) years of clinical research or related experience.

Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.

Substitution(s) (All Levels):

• A combination of education and related technical/military/paraprofessional experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree on a year-for-year basis.

• An advanced degree (Master's or PhD) may be substituted for experience on a year-for-year basis if the degree is in a field of study directly related to the work assignment.

Conditions of Employment (All Levels):

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship. We are unable to provide work visa sponsorship or employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

• Must successfully pass a drug test through Children’s Hospital Colorado.

• Must be willing and able to pass a national criminal background check.

*For questions regarding Children’s Hospital drug testing requirements, please contact Children’s Human Resources at 720-777-8598. Some positions may require testing if access to Children’s Hospital or their systems is needed at any time during employment with the University. If drug testing is required, it will be listed in the job posting.

Preferred Qualifications (All Levels):

• Bachelor’s degree in science or a health-related field.

• Three (3) years of clinical research or related experience.