Maternal & Child Health Epidemiology GRA Summer Opportunity
Category : Student Opportunities
Dr. Kramer is hiring a part-time GRA to provide data management and data analysis support for several MCH-oriented projects using large secondary datasets. The position is 15-20 hours/week and will go through the summer, with the possibility of extending into Fall 2019. The projects primarily concern racial and geographic variations in preterm birth, very preterm birth, infant mortality, and maternal morbidity and mortality.
JOB DUTIES
Identify, download, and clean/harmonize data from various sources to create analytic datasets
Validate, clean, and merge large administrative datasets in SQLServer environment
Work with geospatial modelers to extract and summarize results from Bayesian spatiotemporal models
Support qualitative data collection and summarization from focus groups related to projects
Search literature, and write summary and synthesis of target areas
QUALIFICATIONS/REQUIREMENTS
Current MPH or PhD student
Completed 1+ year of EPI Methods and BIOS
Prior experience with spatial data (Intro GIS or other experinece)
Experience working in R
Detail oriented
Experience with relational databases and SQL queries (OPTIONAL)
To apply through Handshake, click HERE.
