Clinical Research Coordinator I

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Job Summary:
The Correlative Studies Program (CSP) provides biospecimen management services to facilitate advanced and comprehensive translational cancer research with the overall goal of aiding in discovering new cancer diagnostic and treatment standards. CSP is part of the Cancer Clinical Research Unit (CCRU). The Clinical Research Coordinator I (CRC) will work directly with the Cancer Genomics Program (CGP), Tumour Immunotherapy Program (TIP), and CSP teams at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

The Clinical Research Coordinator I (CRC) will be responsible for accruing patients to translational research studies. This includes explaining the study protocol to patients, answering questions, reviewing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, and documenting the informed consent process. Other responsibilities include reviewing protocols, creating study-specific materials and workflows, tracking biospecimens collected, addressing and resolving queries, attending regular team meetings, and maintaining up-to-date trackers and biospecimen inventories. The CRC will collaborate with investigators, clinical research nurses, and other healthcare professionals to jointly assume responsibility for the frontline management and coordination of non-therapeutic oncology trials, integrating research studies into standard-of-care therapies.

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