Clinical Trial Fellowship

Job Description

The Essential Access Health Research Center is nationally recognized as a leading research center focusing on sexual and reproductive health. For over 35 years, the Research Center has conducted cutting edge contraceptive clinical trials with a wide range of partners in the public and private sector, including government agencies, non-profit organizations, start-ups, and major pharmaceutical corporations. The Center embraces the latest technologies supporting e-consenting, remote study visits and electronic data capture. Innovation in study recruitment is another area in which the Center excels.

Our experienced research team is offering a Fellowship for an experienced clinician or laboratory researcher who wishes to launch a career in clinical research.

If a clinician, the Fellow should have a minimum of 5 years of clinical experience that includes case management and staff supervision responsibilities. Public health or clinical research exposure is desirable but not required.

If a laboratory researcher, the Fellow should have a minimum of 5 years of experience working on pharmaceutical or basic biological research. An advanced degree(s) in the life sciences or statistics can substitute in part for experience.

This opportunity is designed to prepare the Fellow for a permanent, fulltime position with a clinical research institution or organization. The Fellowship will provide experience in the following: protocol development and implementation, FDA regulatory compliance, informed consent process, clinical trial procedures, study recruitment, participant management systems, EDCs and data query systems, IRB requirements/submissions, sponsor communications, and CRO monitoring practices.

This fellowship will be based in our Los Angeles office and driving to clinic locations in the Los Angeles area is required.

The Fellowship will be 40 hours per week for a 6-month period, at a rate of $25 an hour. A fellow in the program will not be considered a full-time employee of Essential Access Health and as such, medical benefits are not available for the fellowship.

Work Environment:

Essential Access Health’s mission is to champion and promote quality sexual + reproductive health care for all. All employees must be supportive of Essential Access Health mission and goals and be able to handle mature subject material about sexual and reproductive health in a confident and professional manner.

Essential Access Health champions and promotes quality sexual + reproductive health care for all. Essential Access is committed to fostering a work environment and organizational culture where all staff members feel welcomed, safe, respected, and valued. We strive to create a workplace that is free from discrimination and advances equity and inclusion. We commit to a diverse workforce representative of the communities we serve.

We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with Criminal Histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Essential Access offers a competitive salary and benefits. Essential Access is an M/F, Disabled, and Vet EEO/AA Employer.

Company Description

About Essential Access Health

Mission: Essential Access Health champions and promotes quality sexual + reproductive health care for all

Essential Access Health (Essential Access) achieves its mission and advances health equity through a wide range of programs and services including clinic support initiatives, provider training, advanced clinical research, advocacy, and public awareness campaigns. Essential Access operates the Title X federal family planning program in California and Hawai'i and serves as the lead fiscal and program administrator for state-supported funding streams that support access to abortion and birth control for individuals with low-incomes seeking these essential services in California.

Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Justice + Inclusion

Essential Access was established in 1968, grounded in the belief that everyone has the right to access the health services and information they want – with dignity and respect. Although significant gains have been made in expanding access to essential health services over the past 50 years, true progress cannot be attained without confronting and addressing racism, advocating for equity and justice for all, including the LGBTQ+ community and individuals with disabilities. We are committed to integrating a health equity lens into our policies and broad range of programs and services and taking meaningful action to promote equitable and optimal sexual and reproductive health outcomes for all.

Join Us

With offices in Northern and Southern California, our dedicated staff are leading experts in the field of sexual and reproductive health – as researchers, trainers, health care leaders, and more.

About Essential Access Health Mission: Essential Access Health champions and promotes quality sexual + reproductive health care for all Essential Access Health (Essential Access) achieves its mission and advances health equity through a wide range of programs and services including clinic support initiatives, provider training, advanced clinical research, advocacy, and public awareness campaigns. Essential Access operates the Title X federal family planning program in California and Hawai'i and serves as the lead fiscal and program administrator for state-supported funding streams that support access to abortion and birth control for individuals with low-incomes seeking these essential services in California. Commitment to Equity, Diversity, Justice + Inclusion Essential Access was established in 1968, grounded in the belief that everyone has the right to access the health services and information they want – with dignity and respect. Although significant gains have been made in expanding access to essential health services over the past 50 years, true progress cannot be attained without confronting and addressing racism, advocating for equity and justice for all, including the LGBTQ+ community and individuals with disabilities. We are committed to integrating a health equity lens into our policies and broad range of programs and services and taking meaningful action to promote equitable and optimal sexual and reproductive health outcomes for all. Join Us With offices in Northern and Southern California, our dedicated staff are leading experts in the field of sexual and reproductive health – as researchers, trainers, health care leaders, and more.