Project Assistant

NYU Grossman School of Medicine is one of the nation's top-ranked medical schools. For 175 years, NYU Grossman School of Medicine has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history and enrich the lives of countless people. An integral part of NYU Langone Health, the Grossman School of Medicine at its core is committed to improving the human condition through medical education, scientific research, and direct patient care. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go to med.nyu.edu, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Project Assistant. We are seeking a bilingual project assistant to work in the Department of Pediatrics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine (PI: Alan Mendelsohn, MD). Our team examines and delivers parenting interventions to improve child development outcomes in at-risk populations at pediatric clinics across in New York City (PlayReadVIP; www.playreadvip.org). The candidate will be responsible for multiple project tasks, and will work with a multidisciplinary team of pediatricians, psychologists, and other child development professionals. The project assistant will support research tasks such as participant recruitment, informed consent, and administering developmental assessments. Will also work on transcribing and/or coding research data. The position will primarily be based at Children's Aid Bronx Health Center (910 E 172nd St, Bronx, NY, 10460), with some time anticipated at Children's Aid Milbank Health Services (14-32 W 118th St, New York, NY, 10026), the PlayReadVIP National Center in Manhattan, and North Hudson Community Action Corporation (NHCAC) in West New York, NJ. Locations may be subject to change. Staff may occasionally be required to work at other NYC-area sites for training and program delivery. There may also be opportunities to participate in additional programmatic or research projects.