UCSF Neuro-Spine Clinical Research Assistant
Lee Tan, Professor
Neurosurgery- Spine
Applications for Fall 2024 are closed for this project.
UCSF is a leading center for the American Spine Registry, a nationwide initiative focused on collecting patient data to enhance care for individuals undergoing cervical and lumbar surgeries. Our research team investigates the outcomes of minimally invasive surgeries, factors influencing cancer recurrence and complications in spinal tumors, and the effectiveness of various surgical approaches for cervical myelopathy.
Assistant will remotely call patients before and after surgery to collect data and will review medical records for retrospective databases. Assistant will also have the opportunity to shadow in clinic and assist with in-person research tasks.
Role: Undergraduate will:
1. Communicate with patients within the inclusion criteria of the study projects to collect patient reported outcomes by phone
2. Enter data into the electronic data capture systems for research projects or retrospective databases.
3. Participate in bi-weekly Zoom research meetings with the attendings, fellows, residents, and research staff. 4
4. With experience, students may participate in writing abstracts, papers, and textbook chapters.
Qualifications: Preference is given to incoming sophomores and juniors.
Day-to-day supervisor for this project: Alysha Jamieson, Staff Researcher
Hours: 9-11 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: Assistants are expected to complete 4 hours of remote work per week. Assistants are expected to come in-person to the UCSF Spine Center (Parnassus Campus) once a week, for 3-4 hours.
Related website: https://www.ucsfhealth.org/providers/dr-lee-tan
Biological & Health Sciences