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Research Coordinator roles at U.S. universities, hospitals, and biotech firms regularly qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship through the PERM labor certification process. Employers file on your behalf, certifying that no qualified U.S. worker is available. If your role requires a bachelor's degree in a scientific or health-related field, you're likely eligible.
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What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
UTHealth Houston’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, is hiring a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator to join their team of professionals. The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator provides management of recruitment, enrollment, scheduling, and monitoring of participants for research within clinical settings. Responsibilities include pre- and post-award financial management, including coverage analysis, regulatory submissions, and regulatory compliance; collaborating effectively with investigators, clinical staff, laboratory personnel, and research partners across departments and project sites; coordination with UTHealth Houston partners and clinical both within the TMC and nationwide as part of a multi-site clinical study; participant recruitment, screening, and enrollment for clinical trials; patient follow-up and direct patient care related to research visits; protocol implementation; data collection and entry into electronic data capture systems; maintenance of regulatory documentation; and coordination with sponsors and study monitors. Experience obtaining informed consent and enrolling participants in research studies is preferred. Familiarity with REDCap, EPIC, and Microsoft Office applications, prior experience with IRB submissions is preferred. Completion of CITI training or similar research compliance coursework is required. Supervisory or lead experience is preferred. Some travel may be required. Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus!
Specific requirements for the TMD-CREATE project include:
- Coordination of imaging-based research protocols (MRI/CBCT) and working with radiology teams
- Multi-site study coordination, including cross-site communication and maintaining protocol consistency
- Data quality oversight (query resolution, protocol deviations, audit readiness)
- Complex clinical phenotyping and standardized assessments
- Potential biospecimen collection/handling (saliva, blood, etc.)
- Participant retention strategies for longitudinal follow-up
Location: Memorial Hermann CRU, with occasional travel
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Provides management of recruitment, enrollment, scheduling, and monitoring of participants for research within clinical settings.
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Coordinates and facilitates clinical study procedures, including maintaining strong relationships with clinical partners, planning procedures for recruitment and clinical study procedures, coordinating study initiation, monitoring progress towards recruitment/enrollment milestones, identifying opportunities for improvement, and recommending changes to the study team.
- Manages clinical recruitment and enrollment activities, including identifying eligible patients, enrolling participants, scheduling clinical research activities, monitoring participant progress, and compensating participants according to study regulations and protocols.
- Manages IRB documents, submits protocol revisions as needed, and maintains compliance records and binders.
- Completes all study forms, study protocols, informed consent, and others as needed.
- Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
- None
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's Degree in a related field required. Master's Degree in a related field preferred.
Minimum Experience:
4 years of clinical research experience, including significant experience in a patient-facing clinical research role with a Bachelor's Degree required. 2 years clinical research experience, including significant experience in patient-facing clinical research role with a Master's Degree required.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.

What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.
UTHealth Houston’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, is hiring a Senior Clinical Research Coordinator to join their team of professionals. The Senior Clinical Research Coordinator provides management of recruitment, enrollment, scheduling, and monitoring of participants for research within clinical settings. Responsibilities include pre- and post-award financial management, including coverage analysis, regulatory submissions, and regulatory compliance; collaborating effectively with investigators, clinical staff, laboratory personnel, and research partners across departments and project sites; coordination with UTHealth Houston partners and clinical both within the TMC and nationwide as part of a multi-site clinical study; participant recruitment, screening, and enrollment for clinical trials; patient follow-up and direct patient care related to research visits; protocol implementation; data collection and entry into electronic data capture systems; maintenance of regulatory documentation; and coordination with sponsors and study monitors. Experience obtaining informed consent and enrolling participants in research studies is preferred. Familiarity with REDCap, EPIC, and Microsoft Office applications, prior experience with IRB submissions is preferred. Completion of CITI training or similar research compliance coursework is required. Supervisory or lead experience is preferred. Some travel may be required. Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus!
Specific requirements for the TMD-CREATE project include:
- Coordination of imaging-based research protocols (MRI/CBCT) and working with radiology teams
- Multi-site study coordination, including cross-site communication and maintaining protocol consistency
- Data quality oversight (query resolution, protocol deviations, audit readiness)
- Complex clinical phenotyping and standardized assessments
- Potential biospecimen collection/handling (saliva, blood, etc.)
- Participant retention strategies for longitudinal follow-up
Location: Memorial Hermann CRU, with occasional travel
Once you join us you won't want to leave. It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:
- 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
- Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
- The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
- Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
- Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!
We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...
- Free financial and legal counseling
- Free mental health counseling services
- Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
- Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
- Resources for child and elder care
- Plus many more!
Position Summary:
Provides management of recruitment, enrollment, scheduling, and monitoring of participants for research within clinical settings.
Position Key Accountabilities:
- Coordinates and facilitates clinical study procedures, including maintaining strong relationships with clinical partners, planning procedures for recruitment and clinical study procedures, coordinating study initiation, monitoring progress towards recruitment/enrollment milestones, identifying opportunities for improvement, and recommending changes to the study team.
- Manages clinical recruitment and enrollment activities, including identifying eligible patients, enrolling participants, scheduling clinical research activities, monitoring participant progress, and compensating participants according to study regulations and protocols.
- Manages IRB documents, submits protocol revisions as needed, and maintains compliance records and binders.
- Completes all study forms, study protocols, informed consent, and others as needed.
- Manages Human Resources activities of department in regards to: recruiting and selection, hiring and termination, training, professional development, mentoring, counseling, performance evaluations, and salary planning.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Certification/Skills:
- None
Minimum Education:
Bachelor's Degree in a related field required. Master's Degree in a related field preferred.
Minimum Experience:
4 years of clinical research experience, including significant experience in a patient-facing clinical research role with a Bachelor's Degree required. 2 years clinical research experience, including significant experience in patient-facing clinical research role with a Master's Degree required.
Physical Requirements:
Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.
Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:
Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Research Coordinator
Match your degree to the role
PERM requires your foreign degree to align with the specific field of the Research Coordinator position. A biology degree supporting a clinical trials coordinator role clears this bar; a general business degree typically doesn't. Get a credential evaluation from a NACES-recognized agency before applying.
Target institutions with PERM filing history
Academic medical centers, NIH-funded universities, and large biotech firms file PERM petitions routinely for research staff. Searching employers by prior EB-2 and EB-3 filing activity, rather than by job postings alone, surfaces sponsors before positions are advertised.
Find sponsoring employers through Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to filter Research Coordinator roles by employers with active green card sponsorship history. This cuts the guesswork of cold-applying to employers who have never navigated PERM for research staff.
Negotiate the PERM timeline into your offer
PERM labor certification typically takes six to twelve months before the I-140 petition even begins. Ask during the offer stage whether the employer starts PERM at hire or waits for a performance review cycle, since that gap directly affects your priority date.
Verify your employer uses E-Verify
DOL requires employers to advertise the PERM position widely and document that no qualified U.S. applicant was passed over. Employers enrolled in E-Verify tend to have established compliance infrastructure, which reduces administrative delays in the recruitment documentation phase.
Check prevailing wage before accepting an offer
DOL sets the wage your employer must pay during PERM and after your green card is approved. Run the O*NET occupation code for Research Coordinator through the OFLC Wage Search to confirm your offered salary meets the Level I or Level II prevailing wage for your work location.
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Find Research Coordinator JobsResearch Coordinator Green Card Sponsorship: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Research Coordinator role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 sponsorship?
Most Research Coordinator positions qualify under EB-3 as skilled workers or professionals when they require a bachelor's degree in a scientific, clinical, or public health field. EB-2 applies if the role specifically requires an advanced degree or if your credentials and publications support an advanced-degree classification. Your employer's HR team and immigration counsel determine which category to file under based on the actual job requirements.
How does PERM green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
H-1B is a temporary work visa with an annual lottery cap and a three-year initial period. PERM-based green card sponsorship has no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries outside India and China, and the end result is permanent residency rather than a renewable work authorization. The tradeoff is timeline: PERM labor certification alone takes six to twelve months before the I-140 petition is filed, making the full process longer than a typical H-1B approval.
Which employers typically sponsor Research Coordinator green cards?
Academic medical centers, NIH-funded research universities, contract research organizations, and large pharmaceutical companies are the most consistent PERM sponsors for Research Coordinator roles. These institutions run ongoing studies that require stable, long-term research staff, which gives them a practical reason to invest in permanent sponsorship rather than cycling through temporary visa holders.
How can I find Research Coordinator jobs that include green card sponsorship?
Most job postings don't disclose PERM sponsorship intent upfront. Migrate Mate filters Research Coordinator positions by employers with documented green card filing history, so you're targeting roles where sponsorship is already an established practice rather than negotiating it from scratch during an offer conversation.
Can my employer start PERM while I'm on a work visa, and what happens if my visa expires during the process?
Yes, your employer can file PERM while you hold H-1B, OPT, or another work-authorized status. USCIS allows H-1B extensions beyond the standard six-year cap if your I-140 has been approved or your PERM has been pending for 365 days or more. Maintaining valid status throughout the process is your responsibility, so tracking visa expiration dates alongside PERM milestones matters throughout.
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