Research Assistant; Health Policy & Management

Research Assistant

The Department of Health Policy and Management is seeking a Research Assistant. The successful candidate will assist the Johns Hopkins Drug Access and Affordability Initiative. Primary responsibility is helping with data management and data analysis.

• Assist with data extraction from secondary data sources such as FDA drug databases.
• Conduct literature searches to gather supporting information for papers, presentations, and other materials.
• Help analyze and/or manage research databases with oversight.
• Help with drafting academic manuscripts, under supervision.

• Previous experience in secondary data analysis is required.
• Knowledge of advanced statistical methods.
• Mastering of statistical packages.
• Knowledge of academic writing.
• Knowledge of software such as Microsoft Power Point, Excel, and Word.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.

• Statistical analysis skills (linear and logistic regression, descriptive statistics).
• Knowledge of statistical packages such as STATA or R.
• Knowledge of mapping and graphing software such as ARCGIS.
• A Master's Degree is preferred.

Starting hourly rate $17.20 - $30.30.

School of Public Health, School of Public Health, East Baltimore Campus.

The Johns Hopkins University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.

To that end the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.