Project Director

The Project Director's work will encompass distinct areas: 1) recruiting and maintaining relationships with participants; 2) coordinating and assisting with data collection; 3) liaising with UCLA faculty, clinicians, and research staff; 4) tracking data collection; and 5) performing administrative tasks related to the study and to helping the Principal Investigator. In addition to performing these tasks, the Project Director will guide research volunteers. The Project Director, working with the team, will: Recruit and screen participants. Communicate with research participants, encourage them to maintain participation, and respond to technological or procedural questions. Serve as the main contact person for research participants; prepare and send necessary information, confirmation emails, telephone participants to remind them of appointments, provide directions, and information about the study and related resources. Perform interviews on health topics including in menopausal and hormonal status in women. Help with studies at UCLA involving attaching sensors (e.g., ECG electrodes, respiration belts) to the body. After training, operate other advanced physiology recording systems (including brain imaging with "fNIRS"). Travel on occasion to research participants' homes to deliver equipment. Approach and liaise with physicians and staff in the UCLA Sleep Disorders Center, and other sleep centers, for recruitment purposes. Develop documentation, tracking procedures, and training materials related to the research study. Use systems for organizing data collection, recording and backing up of data, and participant tracking. Prepare and analyze data for submission as required by the Institutional Review Board and other organizations. Work with the School of Nursing staff to arrange purchases, subject reimbursements, and other financial tasks. Perform administrative duties as requested. Perform additional project and data management duties as assigned.