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Clinical Research Assistant- Sports and Exercise Cardiology Program

Boston Children's Hospital
$41246.40-$61339.20 Annual
dental insurance, 403(b)
United States, Massachusetts, Boston
Mar 24, 2026
Position Summary/ Department Summary:
The Department of Cardiology at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School is seeking a Clinical Research Assistant (CRA) to support a Sports and Exercise Cardiology research program focused on efficient, high-quality data collection in the exercise lab and clinic. This role will be working closely with clinicians and exercise physiologists to coordinate participant workflows, collect and manage study data, and support reporting and analysis. The ideal candidate is highly organized, comfortable interacting with patients and families, and skilled at managing research databases, especially REDCap-with strong attention to detail. A background in sports and exercise is helpful but not required.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Physical activity survey support: administer surveys in the lab and later across clinic workflows, enter and organize data, build and maintain REDCap instruments, pull summary numbers for specific questions, and email follow-ups and reminders to families to complete surveys.
  • Pilot and refine a comprehensive physical activity assessment
    • Physical activity assessments: perform and or document assessments (for example, strength, flexibility, balance) to capture standardized details, then create workflows for distributing information to providers as correlating measurements with other outcomes or measures.
    • InBody collection and basic analysis: obtain InBody measurements while the physiologists prepare testing rooms, record and organize results, and assist with preliminary analyses such as correlations between InBody metrics and exercise testing measurements.
  • Sports Cardiology Program throughput and referral tracking: maintain a running log of patients seen and discussed in the Sports Cardiology program, including referral source, testing, and activity recommendations, and generate simple summaries to help the team evaluate throughput, efficiency, and referral patterns over time.
  • Support multi-center studies and registries (PEDAL, ORCCA, FUEL-2): enter and verify data, communicate with coordinating centers, and maintain data use agreements and IRB documentation for ongoing studies
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
  • Work requires a Bachelor's degree, preferably in health science, engineering, or computer science.

Experience:
  • Analytical skills to gather and interpret data, excellent organizational skills, and attention to detail.
  • Resourcefulness to independently find answers and solve problems.
  • Effective communication and writing skills to provide critical information to team members. Effectively deal with conflicting views or issues, and the ability to mediate fair solutions.
  • Knowledge of principles of study design and approaches to statistical analysis.

The posted pay range is Boston Children's reasonable and good-faith expectation for this pay at the time of posting.

Any base pay offer provided depends on skills, experience, education, certifications, and a variety of other job-related factors. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive benefits package that includes flexible schedules, affordable health, vision and dental insurance, child care and student loan subsidies, generous levels of time off, 403(b) Retirement Savings plan, Pension, Tuition and certain License and Certification Reimbursement, cell phone plan discounts and discounted rates on T-passes. Experience the benefits of passion and teamwork.

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