Research Assistant in Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health
Category : Student Opportunities
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. Current research aims to understand the determinants of insufficient sleep and sleep disorders as well as the subsequent influence on blood pressure among Black or African American adults. SERG is seeking a student to work on the ARISE research study, which is enrolling Black adults in Atlanta and measuring social, environmental, sleep, and cardiovascular factors over 14 days. 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, administering questionnaires, data entry, quantitative and qualitative analyses, literature reviews, and manuscript/grant preparation. Must be available to work on evenings and some weekends.
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 Bassey Enun at Bassey [dot] enun [at] emory [dot] edu/serg [at] emory [dot] edu with any questions relevant to this position.
