Project Research Associate

Morgan State University is a public research university and historically black college (HBCU) in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Morgan is Maryland's designated public urban university and the largest HBCU in Maryland.

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Posting Summary

Job Title

Job Title Project Research Associate

Division

Division Divison of Academic Affairs

Department

Department School of Community Health & Policy

Job Effective Date

Job Effective Date 08/19/2026

Job End Date

Job End Date 01/05/2027

Work Status

Work Status Full Time

Position Category

Position Category Contractual

FLSA

FLSA Non-Exempt

Annual Salary $75,000 per year

Pays

Pays $75,000 per year

Percentage Amount

Percentage Amount 100

Requisition Reason

Requisition Reason New

Job Duties

• Support the implementation of maternal and family health research studies, including coordination of study protocols, data collection procedures, and ongoing compliance with Institutional Review Board ( IRB ) requirements and sponsor guidelines.
• Assist with development and refinement of study instruments, including surveys, interview and focus group guides, screening tools, and data collection protocols.
• Conduct and support quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis using appropriate software packages (e.g., SAS , R, Stata, SPSS for quantitative; NVivo, ATLAS .ti for qualitative).
• Perform systematic, scoping, and narrative literature reviews to inform research design, grant applications, manuscript backgrounds, and evidence synthesis products.
• Support data management, cleaning, coding, and documentation in compliance with data governance standards, IRB protocols, and sponsor requirements.
• Contribute to exploratory analyses and research activities involving administrative datasets, population-level data, or other large-scale data sources as applicable to the Center’s research agenda.

• Lead and co-author peer-reviewed manuscripts for submission to journals in maternal and child health, public health, epidemiology, and related fields.
• Develop and submit conference abstracts and present research findings at regional, national, and international scientific conferences and symposia.
• Draft and refine policy briefs, executive summaries, fact sheets, and community-facing materials that translate research findings for practitioners, policymakers, funders, and community audiences.
• Contribute to CMAFH reports, newsletters, progress summaries, and other internal and external communications as directed.

• Support the design and implementation of community-based participatory research ( CBPR ) and other community-engaged research activities in partnership with community organizations, local health departments, and other stakeholders.
• Assist with coordination and facilitation of community advisory board meetings, focus groups, key informant interviews, and other stakeholder engagement activities.
• Contribute to building and maintaining respectful, sustained relationships with community partners to ensure research is grounded in community-identified priorities and needs.
• Support research translation efforts that connect findings to local and state practice change, policy development, and community-facing programming.

• Assist with preparation of required progress reports, performance period narratives, data summaries, and other deliverables for federal, state, and private funders in compliance with sponsor requirements.
• Support grant development activities, including literature review, specific aims drafting,…