GRA Position

Dr. Audrey Gaskins, Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology, is actively looking for a Graduate Research Assistant to work on a newly funded research project which uses a novel model of human fertility – vitrified donor oocyte assisted reproductive technology (ART) – to evaluate how air pollution influences human reproduction. Because vitrified oocytes are obtained from anonymous, young, healthy female donors months to years prior to the recipient couple’s ART cycle, there is no correlation in air pollution exposure between the donor and the female recipient or the donor and the recipient’s male partner. By leveraging this unique resource, our research will determine the independent effects of air pollution exposure during oogenesis and spermatogenesis on fertilization and early embryo development, the independent effects of air pollution on pregnancy outcomes as mediated through the oocyte and the endometrium, and the extent to which air pollution affects fertility potential in young, healthy women.

Responsibilities:

Under the direction of Dr. Gaskins and Dr. Heather Hipp, a Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility Specialist at Emory Reproductive Center, the Graduate Research Assistant will help with medical record abstraction at Reproductive Biology Associates. The candidate will be responsible for traveling to and from Reproductive Biology Associates (located in Sandy Springs, GA), manually pulling patient files, abstracting relevant information from medical records, and entering this data into an existing Emory RedCap research database. He/she will also assist in the cleaning of the data and the manual review of any entries that are outside the specified bounds for a given variable. Motivated candidates will also have opportunities to participate in data analysis, abstract writing, and co-authoring publications. The work environment is collaborative and is with a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, clinicians, biostatisticians, and environmental engineers.

Minimum qualifications:

· Highly motivated, efficient, organized, detail-oriented

· Interested in working on research in the area of reproductive or environmental health

· Proof of COVID-19 vaccination. This is required for access to the clinic where medical records are located.

· Car or similar means of transportation. This is needed for traveling to and from Reproductive Biology Associates which is located in Sandy Springs (~20-30 min drive from Emory University) to access the paper medical records.

Preferred Qualifications

· Prior experience with quantitative data collection and data management software, specifically RedCap, is a plus.

· Masters or Doctoral student.

· Having a medical background is a plus, but not required.

Additional Position Details

· Requires a minimum commitment of 15-20 hours per week.

· We are looking for someone who can start in January or February 2021

· This position is a one year assignment with a possible extension for another year.

Please contact Audrey Gaskins at audrey [dot] jane [dot] gaskins [at] emory [dot] edu with any questions relevant to this position.

Invitation to Interview with the Emory Oral History Program

The Emory Oral History Program is continuing to explore the issues shaping our community. We invite you to join us by sharing your stories and signing up for an interview today.  

The Stories During the Coronavirus Pandemic initiative continues to explore the impact of the pandemic through one-on-one interviews. How have your life, work, or studies been transformed? How have you adapted to new demands and evolving challenges while living through the pandemic?  

We are also expanding our Underrepresented Voices series, and invite faculty, staff, and students who identify as Black, Latinx, First-generation, or LGBTQ+ to join us for an interview. Your perspectives matter, and your voices are an integral part of the university.  

As life on campus finds a new rhythm, recording and preserving your oral history will help us build community and make sense of the ongoing changes around us. Contributing your story to the Rose Library will also enrich the historical record, providing resources for students, educators, and researchers for years to come. Visit the Emory Oral History Program’s page for more information and to sign-up for an informal pre-interview session. We’re looking forward to speaking with you.  

Course Offering: Chronic Diseases Prevention and Control

Student Volunteers needed for SWANSS

Surveillance of Wastewater And Nasal Self-Collections of Specimens (SWANSS) is a Gates Foundation funded project at the Fulton County Jail, where weekly mass testing for COVID-19 is conducted in conjunction with wastewater testing. Our team has had a soft roll out; this coming Wednesday 11/3/2021 we want to scale up individual, mass testing four-fold.

–We have an urgent need for 2-3 more student volunteers to help with distributing nasal swabs for self-collection and data management during the collection period.  For those taking the introductory course in the SDOH certificate program, this can count towards volunteer work for the Center for the Health of Incarcerated Persons.

–We need students who would be able to work at the jail from 3:30 pm to 7 pm this Wednesday.

–The jail is about a 30-minute drive from campus as the evening rush hour starts—volunteers would need to be free from 3 pm onwards.

–I am only interested in students who would not be missing a class if they were to participate.

–For persons who have commitments this Wednesday PM, we may also need a handful of volunteers for Monday 11/9—hours for that day are yet to be determined.

–For persons who are interested in becoming more involved, a student work-study job will be posted soon. REAL candidates encouraged to apply but opportunity not limited to REAL.

–If interested in serving this Wednesday, please contact lindsay [dot] saber [at] emory [dot] edu or nicholas [dot] laramee [at] emory [dot] edu by Tuesday morning.

GH 512 TA

JOB DESCRIPTION: Assists faculty with course preparation, preparing teaching or teaching-related duties. May grade or assist with grading exams, projects, or papers; may proctor exams. Maintains all supplies needed for classes. Meets with students to discuss course related issues related to the class, as specified by the instructor. Maintains records for classes, such as grades, student concerns, and attendance. Performs other related duties as required. 

JOB DESCRIPTION: TA for Course GH 512

Duties of the position will include, but are not limited to:

• Planning for course administration
• Managing the course Canvas site
• Class attendance
• Writing exams/quizzes/homework assignments
• Grading
• Holding office hours/review sessions
• May participate in class lectures

Preferred: Enrolled in the CHE certificate program, course and/or fieldwork related to complex humanitarian emergencies.

Employment period: December 1, 2021-Jan 14, 2022

Please send a cover letter and your resume to agreiner [at] cdc [dot] gov.

Grady Food as Medicine Practicum

In 2017, Grady formed the Food as Medicine (FAM) Partnership with the Atlanta Community Food Bank and Open Hand Atlanta to address food access and chronic disease among Grady patients, employees and the greater community. Through this partnership, Grady has established interventions including produce distributions, SNAP assistance, and home-delivered meals, and opened Jesse Hill Market at Grady Hospital featuring a Food Pharmacy, Teaching Kitchen, and Cafe. Grady is looking for 2-3 students to assist with implementation and evaluation of FAM programs, including Fresh Food Carts serving three neighborhood clinics, JHM Food Pharmacy, cooking classes, and employee wellness efforts.

Responsibilities
Practicum students will work with Grady’s Community Benefit Manager, the Food as Medicine team, and our Registered Dietitians. The primary responsibilities of practicum students will include:
 Support JHM Food Pharmacy and Fresh Food Cart operations including planning, food packing and distribution to patients, evaluation and sustainability
 Assist with patient and employee cooking classes and food demos in the Teaching Kitchen
 Lead FAM volunteer recruitment, training, and tracking
 Support program evaluation efforts including data collection, entry, analysis, and presentation of findings
 Continue development of employee engagement opportunities related to FAM
 Assist with required FAM reporting for research and philanthropic grants
*Attendance at Fresh Food Carts at Grady clinics 2x per month is required. Addresses are located here.
 Asa Yancey: 1st Wednesday of the month at 8am-2pm
 Brookhaven: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays at 8am-3pm
 Ponce Center: 3rd Wednesday at 8am-2pm

Timeline
The practicum may take place over one or two semesters starting January 2022 and students must work a minimum of 10 hours/week.

Grady Health System Requirements
Students must complete a background check, drug screening, and health clearance through the ACEMAPP platform at their own expense (estimated cost is $100-150). Students must adhere to all Grady COVID precautions including vaccination, universal masking, and social distancing.

How to Apply
For more information or to apply, contact Katie Mooney, Sr. Manager of Population Health and Community Benefit, at klmooney [at] gmh [dot] edu or 678-296-2282. Applicants should send their resume and a brief explanation of interest by Friday, November 12, 2021.

New INFO 521 Course in Spring 2022

INSTRUCTOR NAME: Ramesh Manyam
INSTRUCTOR CONTACT INFORMATION
EMAIL: ramesh [dot] manyam [at] emory [dot] edu

COURSE DESCRIPTION
In this course, you’ll learn about the basic structure of relational databases and how to read and write simple and complex SQL statements and advanced data manipulation techniques. By the end of this course, you’ll have a solid working knowledge of structured query language. You’ll feel confident in your ability to write SQL queries to create tables; retrieve data from single or multiple tables; delete, insert, and update data in a database; and gather significant statistics from data stored in a database. This course will teach key concepts of Structured Query Language (SQL), and gain a solid working knowledge of this powerful and universal database programming language. This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the language of relational databases: Structured Query Language (SQL). Topics covered include: Entity-Relationship modeling, the Relational Model, the SQL language: data retrieval statements, data manipulation and data definition statements. Homework will be done using databases running in MySQL which students install on their machines and proc SQL in SAS. Students develop a real-world database project using MySQL during the course. Prerequisite: SAS proficiency (BIOS 500 or equivalent)

COURSE LEARNING OBJECTIVE
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
• Learn structured query language (SQL) to an intermediate/advanced level.
• Be able to write data retrieval queries and evaluate the result set.
• Be able to write SQL statements that edit existing data.
• Be able to write SQL statements that create database objects.
• Understand the structure and design of relational databases.
• Understand the importance and major issues of database security and the maintenance of data integrity.

INFO Concentration COMPETENCIES:
■ Develop public health information systems to support public health efforts
■ Assist in the development and adoption of information technology in public health
■ Identify software for the interface of data entry and statistical analysis
■ Apply standard statistical methods in the analysis of public health information

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INFO 521 – Manyam

Sleep Epidemiology Research Assistant

Position: Research Assistant in Epidemiology

PI: Dayna A. Johnson, PhD, MPH, MSW, MS

Sleep Epidemiology Research Group (SERG): SERG is aimed at understanding the root causes of sleep health disparities and their impact on cardiovascular disease. More specifically, our research further explicates the social contributors to racial/ethnic and gender disparities in sleep by quantifying the contribution of social, household-level and neighborhood-level factors with objective and well-validated subjective measures of insufficient sleep using data from epidemiologic cohorts. Our current research aims to understand the determinants of insufficient sleep and sleep disorders as well as the subsequent influence on blood pressure among African Americans. This research integrates social, environmental and sleep epidemiology.

Duties and Responsibilities (these duties are a general summary and not all inclusive):

Assist in all research-related tasks of the Emory Sleep Epidemiology Group including, but not limited to, administer questionnaires, data entry, quantitative and qualitative analyses, literature reviews and manuscript preparation.

This position may involve delivering research equipment to participant homes (using social distancing) in Atlanta, therefore, availability during evenings and weekends as well as transportation is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

· Masters Student or Doctoral student

· Quantitative analyses experience-experience with SAS and R

· Familiarity with survey data

· Focus group transcription

· Strong verbal and writing skills (writing samples may be requested)

· Experience with literature reviews

· Strong interest in health disparities

· Experience working with health disparity populations

· Experience with GIS or spatial analyses preferred but not required

· Detail-oriented

· Excellent organizational skills and proactive approach

Hours: Approximately 10-20 hours per week

Please contact Dayna Johnson at dayna [dot] johnson [at] emory [dot] edu with any questions relevant to this position.