Graduate Research Assistant - CDC Overdose Data to Action; OD; GA

Graduate Research Assistant - CDC Overdose Data To Action (OD2A)

Position Number: 0000GA11 Hiring Unit:
Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health

Location:

University of Hawaii at Manoa Position renewable upon availability of funds, program needs, and satisfactory performance Position to begin mid-to-late August or as soon, thereafter, as possible

• Assist with providing research support on projects addressing substance use within the state in order to disseminate state data in a user-friendly format
• Systematically search and summarize surveillance and epidemiological research literature on public health topics, specifically related to substance use, addiction, morbidity, mortality, prevention and treatment
• Assist with data abstraction, cleaning, management, coding and analyzing for large surveillance datasets, e.g., emergency department (ED) visits, hospitalization, substance use and treatment
• Perform quantitative and qualitative data analyses related to various health indicators related to substance use, Under guidance of the PI and other senior program staff
• Support the development, writing, and formatting of abstracts, manuscripts, presentations, and reports
• Present results graphically and in text to local stakeholder and funders for use in reports, conference presentations, and publications
• Attend weekly team meetings
• Other duties as assigned

• Classified, full-time graduate student in epidemiology, public health, psychology, economics, computer science, social work, public policy, or related field at the University of Hawaii Manoa.
• Be in good academic standing and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above
• Familiarity with research through previous coursework and/or work experience
• Proficient with statistical software e.g., R, SPSS, SAS, Stata or Tableau
• Ability to work independently and manage time across multiple research tasks
• Strong oral and written communication skills

• A doctoral student at the University of Hawaii
• Demonstrated strong background in substance use research, including intervention, treatment, and prevention science, with the ability to apply coursework and research experience to support ongoing projects.
• Knowledge of epidemiology or statistics as evidenced by coursework and/or experience
• Experience with secondary data analyses
• Strong command of statistical software i.e., R, SPSS, SAS, Stata or Tableau.
• Demonstrated experience preparing research reports, policy briefs, and/or scientific publications, data presentations and data visualizations
• Previous experience with state or federally funded projects

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Dr. Michael Phillips, Principal Investigator, mphil

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