Research Associate Position – Old Dominion University
Research Associate Position on NCI-funded Grant
We are accepting applications for a Research Associate position on a federal grant funded by the National Cancer Institute to investigate the impact of online e-cigarette advertising exposure on youth attitudes and behaviors using large nationally representative datasets. The candidate will be mentored by a team including Dr. Paul T. Harrell (harrelpt@odu.edu) and Dr. Silvia S. Martins, investigators with expertise in substance use epidemiology.
The RA will support the 2nd-3rd year of a funded grant from National Cancer Institute awarded to Old Dominion University, in collaboration with Columbia University. The candidate will provide help supporting data analyses and manuscript development. Initial data analyses are complete. Further analysis and manuscript development is ongoing. The ideal candidate will contribute significantly to abstract submissions to international conferences and manuscript development, including co-authorship and potentially first author opportunities. Job Responsibilities: Manuscript, abstract, and presentation development (set-up, formatting, ideally contribute to writing), statistical programming under supervision of PI and Columbia collaborators, Literature review and database management, team scheduling, organization, and meeting notes.
Education and/or training: Bachelor’s degree, Graduate degree preferred
Level and type of experience: Experience working in research resulting in presentations (minimum), manuscripts, and/or grant applications (ideal); Some experience with statistical coding.
Specific knowledge, skills, and abilities: Professional communication; Some knowledge of statistical coding, ideally in R. Literature review experience, ideally using software (e.g., EndNote, Zotero).
Preferred qualifications for this position:
R (or other software) statistical coding (data management and/or analysis); Reference manager or literature review experience.
Prior experience as a Research Assistant/Coordinator appreciated.
Please visit ODU Research Foundation website at https://hera.odurf.odu.edu/careers/; follow the link for position #25-032. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled
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