Research Assistant (SOM Ped Adolescent Medicine)
About The Position
The School of Medicine Pediatrics/Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine seeks a Research Assistant to oversee data collection, organization, management, and related functions for research studies in support of a principal investigator or research team. The position supports clinical sexual health navigation services in The Johns Hopkins Harriet Lane Clinic’s EIS program. The program provides compassionate, culturally and socially competent primary, preventive, and consultative care for youth ages 13–25. Through outreach, youth advocacy, health education, and research, it promotes youth-centered care and HIV health. Its services include HIV/STI testing and treatment, prevention services such as PrEP and nPEP, and support for care engagement and retention. The Research Assistant will provide rapid HIV antibody testing, pre- and post-test counseling, sexual health education, and navigation to STI treatment, confirmatory HIV testing, HIV treatment, or prevention services. The position also supports benefits navigation, appointment coordination, follow-up tracking, and youth across prevention and treatment cascades. The role is classified as casual/on call, with days and times that may vary, and is located on the School of Medicine campus.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma or equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Technical skills at the awareness level: analytical skills; attention to detail; data management and analysis; formatting and layout proficiency; information gathering; oral and written communications; and organizational skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in HIV/STI prevention, substance use, or behavioral health.
- Experience working with adolescents or young adults.
- Experience working with marginalized youth, including LGBTQ+ populations.
- Training or experience in motivational interviewing or health coaching.
- Knowledge of HIV prevention strategies, including PrEP and HIV/STI testing workflows.
- Familiarity with electronic medical records such as EPIC.
- Experience with research data systems such as REDCap.
- Strong skills in motivational interviewing and health coaching.
- Experience with adolescents and young adults, particularly in sexual health, HIV/STI prevention, or substance use.
- Experience with data tracking systems such as REDCap and EPIC, and basic data management.
Responsibilities
- Run routine and ad hoc reports, including eligible-patient and clinic-testing lists.
- Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
- Assist with data cleaning to ensure accuracy and prepare tables.
- Lead basic activities such as data collection and data entry.
- May lead specific tasks and develop processes to ensure study activities occur effectively and efficiently.
- May conduct literature searches to support faculty research efforts.
- May design and format papers and publications.
- May assist principal investigators in writing paper summaries for release as policy briefs or through other channels.
- Provide rapid HIV antibody testing in clinic.
- Deliver pre- and post-test counseling in person and virtually, using the 20-minute testing window to provide sexual health education and counseling.
- Coordinate with providers ordering tests through EPIC using the point-of-care HIV workflow.
- Partner with providers to increase testing uptake through integrated workflows.
- Link youth to STI treatment, confirmatory HIV testing, and HIV treatment or prevention, including PrEP.
- Provide benefits navigation, appointment coordination, and follow-up tracking.
- Support youth across prevention and treatment cascades.
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