Postdoctoral Fellow - Investigational Cancer Therapeutics-Research

Benefits

Qualifications

• •Clinical trial participants are often introduced to studies through time limited consent discussions that require research staff to convey complex medical and regulatory information
• •Online tools, software, network access, application, etc
• •MS Office, Teams, Adobe, Zoom, RedCap, SPSS, STATA, online databases
• •Doctoral in medicine, science, or other related fields
• •The ability to satisfy and maintain all requirements necessary to ensure the continued security and integrity of such infrastructure is a condition of hire and continued employment
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Responsibilities

• •The Postdoctoral Fellow will assists principal investigators with clinical, translational, and basic scientific research projects
• •Based on preclinical component of phase 1 program
• •Functions in a separate and independent manner in the design and initiation of research experiments
• •Variability in communication styles, dense language, and limited opportunities to revisit information can hinder participant understanding, satisfaction, and engagement
• •These challenges highlight the need for scalable, patient centered tools that enhance comprehension while reducing the burden on research teams
• •To address this gap, this study designed and evaluated an artificial intelligence-driven, document grounded chatbot to support the informed consent process
• •Using a large language model augmented with retrieval from study specific protocol and consent documents, the chatbot provided consistent, on demand, plain language responses to participant questions
• •The chatbot demonstrated strong performance in clarity and plain language use, with generally high levels of accuracy and completeness when responding within the scope of the study materials
• •Findings suggest that AI enabled conversational tools can serve as a reliable adjunct to traditional consent processes, improving accessibility to information and potentially enhancing participant experience, while underscoring the importance of maintaining carefully curated, study specific knowledge sources to ensure response precision
• •Along with the project described above, the Postdoctoral Fellow will also assist Surgical Oncology research faculty with duties relating to conducting research, compiling patient date, implementing ideas, and assisting in writing manuscripts for publication as well as research grant proposals
• •The fellow will participate in evaluation of collaborative research studies, analyzing and interpretating data
• •The fellow will be required to present scientific results and findings at lab meetings and attend all related research conferences
• •All duties and responsibilities are carried out in compliance with institutional policies, ethical research standards, and applicable federal and state regulations
• •Research Methodology,
• •Manuscript Writing
• •IRB, Meeting with partners, database creation, learning scientific process
• •Meet with stats experts to learn statistical methods
• •Help write abstracts/papers and learn the process of manuscript preparation
• •This position may be responsible for maintaining the security and integrity of critical infrastructure, as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code and therefore may require routine reviews and screening
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