Clinical Research Assistant

GENERAL SUMMARY / OVERVIEW STATEMENT

Our team's research is dedicated to understanding and improving the access, affordability, and value of ambulatory care in the US. Topics include primary care payment, delivery, and policy innovation; telemedicine; burdens of care faced by older adults; low‑value care and its downstream consequences; and physician gender equity. The Research Assistant II (RA II) works closely with Dr. Ganguli and a team that includes collaborators at Brown School of Public Health, Harvard School of Public Health, RAND, and Oregon Health & Science University.

The RA will participate in research, publications as a co‑author, present research, and be mentored by Dr. Ganguli and the team. Opportunities include writing articles for newspapers and other media outlets, and interfacing with national primary care policy. In affiliation with the Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care (DGIM), the RA II has opportunities for training and career development, for example by attending conferences and participating in division‑wide RA activities.

• Help to prepare Institutional Review Board (IRB) review documents.
• Manage projects and workflows (schedule conference calls and meetings, prepare agendas and pre/post‑meeting materials; keep various study teams on weekly, monthly, and yearly schedules).
• Conduct literature reviews and manage citations with Zotero.
• Use Excel to collect, construct, clean, and link data sets and perform descriptive analyses.
• Learn and apply statistical methods such as linear regression, matching, and quasi‑experimental designs using statistical software such as STATA or R.
• Prepare PowerPoint presentations, posters, figures, tables, and other data visualizations (creativity encouraged!).
• Assist in writing and formatting research manuscripts for publication.

• Bachelor's Degree, ideally with planned or current enrollment in health policy, health professional, or public health graduate school.
• An interest in health care and health care policy, ideally with plans to go into health services or health policy research.

• Experience with MS Office applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with programming software (STATA, R).
• Data visualization.
• Familiarity with research citation managers such as Zotero preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Exceptional organizational skills.
• Ability to think critically, work independently, and meet deadlines.

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.