Research Associate

Research Associate

The successful candidate will join the Migration and Nutrition Epidemiology team to work part-time primarily on the CAMINANDO and retinoblastoma studies. The duties include recruiting study participants, coordinating interviews and collecting data from study participants (60%) as well as supervising student research assistants involved in supporting interviews (20%). The incumbent will assist in regular communication with community-based organizations (2%). The research assistant will participate in communication with other key investigators of the study as well as with the IRB (2%). The incumbent needs to be experienced in the administration of the sociodemographic, dietary, mental health assessments, NIH toolbox Cognitive and emotional Battery.

The research assistant will assist in data entry, working closely with the data manager (10%) and will assist in preparation of materials for publication, presentation, submission to conferences, and for meetings with community organizations (5%). The research assistant must be available to work flexible hours (can include early evenings, Saturdays, school holidays) to accommodate schedules of study participants, as well as being comfortable travelling to New Jersey and Long Island to assist with interviews. The position is part time, but the schedule would be 5 days a week in the afternoons.

Responsibilities

• Recruiting study participants, coordinating interviews and collecting data from study participants (60%)
• Supervising student research assistants involved in supporting interviews (20%).
• Assist in regular communication with community-based organizations (3%).
• Participate in communication with other key investigators of the study as well as with the IRB (2%)
• Assist in data entry, working closely with the data manager (10%)
• Assist in preparation of materials for publication, presentation, submission to conferences, and for meetings with community organizations (5%).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in Public Health or Master's degree in Psychology, Sociology or Anthropology with 1 year of research experience.

One-year experience including data entry in NDSR, administering 24 hour recalls, qualitative interviewing and epidemiologic study assessments. Experience interacting with adolescents.

Data Entry Experience

Bilingual English/Spanish

The successful candidate must have experience with epidemiologic studies and must be able to use a relational database, Microsoft Access. The incumbent must be detail-oriented, with excellent organizational, interpersonal, written and oral communication skills in both Spanish and English, and the ability to maintain the highest degree of confidentiality and diplomacy at all times.

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