Graduate Research Assistant, BSHES
Category : Student Opportunities
Job Title: Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) for Research
Hours per week: 15-20 hours/week
Position Type: Part-Time
Organization: Rollins School of Public Health
Operating Unit: Rollins School of Public Health
Department: Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences
Position Description: This faculty member seeks to hire a Graduate Research Assistant for federally-funded cancer-related projects. Primary responsibilities may include:
- Program and monitor online data collection instruments
- Data collection (i.e. REDCap, interviews) and data entry
- Conduct data analyses of participant (caregivers of pediatric cancer survivors/young adult survivors) and survivorship clinic implementation data
- Assist with mixed methods data analyses (e.g., creation of data tables, thematic analyses)
- Assist with administrative research tasks (i.e., research related mailings)
- Other tasks may include: attend research meetings and assist in report and manuscript writing.
Background: SurvivorLink is an electronic personal health record controlled by cancer survivors and their families that can help them manage their healthcare across their providers. On SurvivorLink, they can store their survivor healthcare plan and other key health documents, share health records with their provider and learn about the life-long healthcare needs of cancer survivors. This project is evaluating an educational and electronic personal health record for pediatric cancer survivors (SurvivorLink) among caregivers of pediatric and young adult survivors on return to follow-up cancer care at 12 pediatric cancer centers.
Minimum Qualifications: Highly motivated, efficient, organized, detail-oriented, and interested in or experience working on research projects.
Preferred Qualifications: Prior work experience and research preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Experience with Microsoft Office products and databases, especially Excel and REDCap, and online surveys. Experience with SPSS or SAS preferred.
Compensation: $15/hour.
Start Date: as early as January 25, 2023
Application Deadline: February 6, 2023
(Applications will be screened as they arrive; positions may be filled prior to this deadline.)
Contact Information: Send resume and cover letter by email to:
Cam Escoffery, PhD, MPH, CHES, cescoff [at] emory [dot] edu
Associate Professor
Rollins School of Public Health
Victoria Krauss, MPH, vkrauss [at] emory [dot] edu
Public Health Program Associate
Rollins School of Public Health
