Project Coordinator

Duke University is a leading academic institution renowned for its cutting-edge research and inclusive community. The Project Coordinator will support the GEMINI Research Center by managing project-specific teams, developing scientific manuscripts, and analyzing data to address global health challenges. Responsibilities - Plan, implement, and coordinate systems designed to monitor the planning for, and collection, storing, cleaning and dissemination of data related to GEMINI Center projects and other assigned research initiatives as required to assist programs, project directors, and/or principal investigator(s). Primary projects presently under the incumbent's responsibility relate to the TRECK research training grant, climate change projects, and global traumatic injury research - Manage clinical, behavioral, implementation, and feasibility datasets from emergency departments and community settings - Develop workflows for integrating environmental data with health outcomes data - Support investigators with statistical analyses, implementation outcomes tracking, and reproducible research pipelines - Coordinate and manage interdisciplinary research teams across Duke and international sites (Tanzania) for research training, climate and health, and injury prevention projects - Lead project planning and execution, including milestone tracking, timelines, and deliverable coordination - Oversee project communications and stakeholder engagement - Monitor project budgets and ensure compliance with grant reporting requirements - Provide functional supervision and guidance to research staff and trainees, supporting efficient project operations - Coordinate activities with international collaborators involved in intervention research, particularly emergency care partners in Tanzania and other GEMINI network institutions - Support coordination of implementation activities across clinical sites evaluating ongoing projects and policies - Maintain communication with clinicians, implementation partners, and behavioral health researchers - Support dissemination of research findings to global health partners and stakeholders - Facilitate collaboration across behavioral health, emergency medicine, and implementation science teams - Draft and co-author manuscripts focused on climate change impacts on health, injury epidemiology, and implementation of adaptation strategies - Prepare technical reports and sponsor deliverables - Develop scientific presentations for global health, climate health, and emergency medicine conferences - Support development of grant proposals focused on climate and health, implementation science, emergency medicine, and global health - Coordinate interdisciplinary, international (primarily US, Brazil, and Tanzania) manuscript writing teams - Review data collected from emergency departments, behavioral health studies, and digital screening platforms for quality assurance - Ensure consistency of data across multinational research projects - Monitor compliance with regulatory requirements for human subjects research and behavioral health data - Recommend improvements to data collection tools and research data infrastructure - Support implementation of standardized data quality monitoring practices - Provide functional supervision of trainees working on global health projects - Support mentoring activities aligned with GEMINI’s global research training mission - Assist with onboarding and training of research personnel, with a particular focus on students and visiting scholars - Support development of interdisciplinary trainees - Provide input into staffing needs and project workforce planning Skills - Work requires communication and analytical skills normally acquired through a 4-year education - Work requires a general knowledge of research methods, procedures, and experience activities normally acquired through 1 year of social science research OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE - Demonstrated experience with scientific writing, grants writing and data analysis - Demonstrated skills with quantitative data analysis using R and/or Python - Demonstrated skills with qualitative research - Demonstrated skill in project management and scientific project coordination - Proficiency in Swahili and/or Portuguese is a plus Benefits - Health insurance plans - Generous paid time off - Retirement programs with employer contributions - Tuition assistance for employees and their children Company Overview - Duke University is a private research university providing undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine and other disciplines. It was founded in 1838, and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.duke.edu. Company H1B Sponsorship - Duke University has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 38 in 2026, 273 in 2025, 227 in 2024, 202 in 2023, 195 in 2022, 148 in 2021, 121 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.