Clinical Research Coordinator
Autism Assessment, Research, Treatment & Services (AARTS Center)
Rush University Medical Center
- Serve as the primary point of contact for 50+ caregivers of children with syndromic IDD on an NICHD-funded behavioral intervention clinical trial, managing engagement from baseline to study completion and overseeing scheduling of study visits.
- Lead and coordinate meetings with the research coordinator and principal investigator teams to support ongoing trial operations.
- Train and mentor research staff using self-developed, standardized process documents to ensure compliance to study protocol.
- Ensure data integrity and completeness across timepoints by collaborating with study therapists and staff to support adherence to assessment timelines.
- Maintain trial compliance with the Institutional Review Board (IRB) by writing and submitting amendments and maintaining updated materials, including the study protocol and intervention manual.
- Contribute to research dissemination as lead author for three ongoing conference poster presentations, from hypothesis generation to analysis in R, and as a co-author on a protocol manuscript in preparation.
- Facilitate evidence-based social skills groups, including PEERS and NETT, for adolesecents and children with autism, providing instruction and individualized feedback to support skill development.
- Observe standardized diagnostic and neuropsychological assessments, including the ADOS-2, developing familiarity with gold-standard autism evaluation tools.
- Support a multi-site research initiative, SPARK, through community-based recruitment and participant saliva collection from children with autism and their families.
- Engage in professional development by attending Departmental Grand Rounds and Midwest Autism Consortium (MAC) events.
Lead Coordinator for Web INtervention for Youth with Genetic Syndromes (WINGS)
Other Involvement Across AARTS