Research Assistant CV Examples

Research Assistant

Summary

A result-driven, self-motivated, and resourceful person with determination and experience. Can handle complex assignments effectively and possess the confidence to work as part of a team or independently. Currently looking for a challenging position with a forward-thinking company where I can excel, deliver, and achieve my potential. Excellent self-learning skills and capable of looking at different implications of problems and their possible solutions. I maintain a good attitude when dealing with client and personal team problems. Member of excellent development teams. I believe in facing new challenges and changing for good.

Work Experience

Research Assistant

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center

• Assistant to the project manager for the third stage of data collection in vitamin D cancer prevention testing.
• Conduct field research by carrying out surveys, instructing participants on dosage and potential side effects, preparing labs, and studying data management.
• Responsible for alert management of any participant issues or study violations; assist with reporting of adverse events and follow-up with participants as advised.
• Review and clean all written data to prepare analysis.
• Organize data and ensure that biological samples were sent for final analysis.

Research Assistant

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center

• Managed all aspects of a sleep health disparities study of low-income single mothers; including all field data collection, protocol creation, and staff training.
• Interviewed, surveyed, developed relationships, and built trust with 25 single mothers to gather valuable actigraphy and oximetry data related to their sleep health.
• Explained study results to every mother individually.
• Taught new research staff on the method to conduct interviews and collected survey oximetry and actigraphy data.
• Created study protocols, surveys, and other study documents for the sleep health pilot study.
• Enrolled over 200 Americans in a vitamin D cancer prevention trial and provided - comprehensive project support in collaboration with PI’s, management team, and field research assistants.

Administrative Research Assistant

Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center

• Singlehandedly contacted over 100 primary care providers to provide medical eligibility for a backlog of more than 600 eligible participants waiting to be enrolled.
• Registered new patients, scheduled appointments, oversaw prescription fulfillments, studied documentation, and entered data into the Patient Tracking System (PTS).
• Scheduled hard-to-reach participants for baseline events and kept field RA’s on task with their participant timelines and study phase windows.
• Logged, compiled, and organized confidential study and participant data.
• Handled all administrative tasks, answered study phone line, organized staff, and investigator meetings, prepared agendas, and compiled minutes.

Education

Master of Philosophy

Wheaton College

Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy

Wheaton College

Skills

• AdWord
• Google Analytics
• Excel, SharePoint, Outlook
• Microsoft Word, PowerPoint
• Familiar with Salesforce and Oracle
• Worked with Squarespace; host a blog on WordPress

Abilities

• Creative problem-solver
• Enthusiastic, positive attitude
• Detail-oriented, highly organized, and efficient
• Self-starter, highly motivated but also works well in collaboration
• Flexible and adaptive to change
• Challenge-taker and result-driven
• Reliable, discreet, and trustworthy
• Adept at learning new things quickly