Research Assistant

UNC-Chapel Hill•Chapel Hill, NC

21d

About The Position

UNC Family Medicine is searching for a temporary research assistant (RA) to join one of the many research projects in the department. This position will support a residency training project funded by HRSA that aims to develop and enhance didactic curricula and training experiences for Family Medicine learners to provide high-quality, accessible care to individuals with limited English proficiency ( LEP ) and those with disability. The RA will work closely with the project evaluator, Dr. Sapna Varkey, and support all project faculty and staff to create data collection tools, monitor data collection, assist with data analysis, conduct literature reviews, prepare manuscripts for submission, and assist with IRB submissions and amendments. The RA will also help with administrative duties such as support the project manager in preparing grant reports, coordinate grant team meetings, attend meetings and take meeting minutes. In addition, the RA will have an opportunity to contribute to writing up findings, including presentations for professional organizations and manuscripts for peer reviewed journals. The RA will work up to 15 hours per week.

Requirements

Strong organizational and communication skills, including the ability to give and incorporate feedback from team members
Ability to monitor project timelines closely and respond to immediate needs as they arise
Experience and comfort building and maintaining survey data in Qualtrics
Experience with managing and cleaning quantitative data
Experience attending multi-stakeholder group meetings and taking meeting minutes
Excellent writing skills: experience writing for professional audiences preferred
Experience being a part of an education or social science research team, with experience in maintaining the confidentiality of research data

Nice To Haves

Course work in public health, social work, education, psychology, social sciences, and/or anthropology is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Create data collection tools
Monitor data collection
Assist with data analysis
Conduct literature reviews
Prepare manuscripts for submission
Assist with IRB submissions and amendments
Support the project manager in preparing grant reports
Coordinate grant team meetings
Attend meetings and take meeting minutes
Contribute to writing up findings, including presentations for professional organizations and manuscripts for peer reviewed journals