Graduate Research Assistant, Emory Prevention Research Center
Category : Student Opportunities
Job Title: Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) – Emory Prevention Research Center
Hours per week: 15-20 hours/week
Schedule requirements/preferences: Availability to work a consistent schedule during the week.
Position Type: Part Time
Organization: Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC)
Operating Unit: Rollins School of Public Health
Department: Behavioral Sciences and Health Education
Position Description: The Emory Prevention Research Center (EPRC) seeks up to 5 part-time Graduate Research Assistants (15-20 hours/week). The position includes the opportunity to work on one of several projects:
- The Two Georgias Initiative provides evaluation technical assistance and capacity building support to 9 rural community health coalitions across the state. GRA tasks include developing qualitative and quantitative data collection instruments (e.g., surveys, interview guides), data entry and analysis, preparing summaries and reports, and other duties as needed.
- Healthy Homes Healthy Families 2-1-1, an environmental change intervention designed to prevent weight gain among adults by decreasing energy intake. This intervention is designed to guide families into creating healthier home environments that support healthy eating. GRA tasks include data collection via telephone interviews, data entry, and other duties as needed.
- Smoke-Free Homes 5A project aims to adapt and test an effective intervention for integration into the 5A approach for tobacco cessation in primary care settings. GRA tasks include intervention delivery, data collection via telephone interviews, data entry, and other duties as needed.
Background: The EPRC conducts research and evaluation on chronic disease prevention and promotes evidence-based cancer prevention and control, particularly in southwest Georgia. The research and activities of the EPRC are planned with the participation and input of our community partners, in the spirit of community-based participatory research. Our cancer projects are funded by NCI and the CDC to promote the use of evidencebased cancer prevention practices. We are also working with the Winship Cancer Institute to support the development, dissemination, and implementation of evidence-based interventions for cancer prevention and control. See http://web1.sph.emory.edu/eprc/ for more information about the EPRC. Information about The Two Georgias Initiative is available at http://web1.sph.emory.edu/eprc/evaluation/tgi.html
Minimum Qualifications: Highly motivated, efficient, organized, detail-oriented and interest or experience working on research, evaluation, or cancer prevention and control.
Preferred Qualifications: Prior work experience preferred. Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Experience with Microsoft Office products. Experience with Excel, Access, online survey software, or SPSS a plus.
Qualitative data analysis experience a plus.
Compensation: $15/hour
Start Date: As soon as possible
Application Deadline: August 31, 2021
(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:
Lucja Bundy, Emory Prevention Research Center
lbundy [at] emory [dot] edu
