Research Assistant (International Health)
About The Position
The Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health seeks a Research Assistant to support a principal investigator (PI) or research team. The position oversees data collection, organization, management, and related functions for research studies. For the TikTok research project, the assistant conducts reliability coding to support consistency and quality of research data. The role also supports food systems research through computational model development, literature reviews, and analysis and interpretation of research findings. The role is classified as casual/on call, with days and hours that may vary. It is remote and has a stated starting hourly salary range of $17.65–$31.05, commensurate with experience.
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, as permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to conduct research coding and literature reviews.
- Experience with computational modeling and research data analysis.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with computational modeling and research data analysis.
- Strong analytical skills and ability to conduct research coding and literature reviews.
Responsibilities
- Run routine and ad hoc reports.
- Use standard tools and computer programs to review data.
- Assist with data-cleaning measures to ensure data 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.
- May design and format papers and publications.
- May assist PIs in writing paper summaries for release as policy briefs or through other channels.
- Conduct reliability coding for the TikTok research project to support consistency and quality of research data.
- Assist with computational model development for food systems research.
- Conduct literature reviews to inform research activities and model development.
- Support research data analysis and interpretation of findings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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Career Level
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