Research Area Specialist

Job Summary

The Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention is a transdisciplinary institute that works to engage the breadth of expertise across the University of Michigan, with input from nonacademic stakeholders, to generate knowledge and advance solutions that will decrease firearm injury in the United States. The Institute also serves as a national hub for research that will drive new solutions to this public health crisis and will train the next generation of leaders in the field.

The Institute is supported by an organizational structure that provides internal oversight and external guidance and focuses activities across six cores: research, education and training, community engagement, policy, implementation, and data and methods; and across six pillars: firearm‑related suicide, firearm‑related intimate partner violence, community violence, unintentional shootings, police shootings, and mass/school violence.

• Managing and coordinating all activities and tasks related to the update of the Science of Firearm Injury Prevention Among Children & Teens Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
• Coordinating study team meetings with partners, scientific advisory boards, and external vendors
• Consulting with users to refine or adapt methodologies to fit research requirements and collaborating in development of new techniques and instruments
• Developing protocols and criteria for programs and projects, gathering data, supervising data collection and verification, and conducting and providing oversight for literature reviews
• Formulating research methods and suggesting options for improving quality, identifying potential problems, recommending and implementing solutions
• Developing surveys and protocols
• Reviewing progress and evaluating results of key projects and programs
• Drafting language and content for Institute materials and programs such as for the newsletter, website, and other communications and activities
• Participating in the development and implementation of new projects as the Institute receives additional funding
• Generating and maintaining the Institutional Review Board applications for research study approvals, amendments and continuations
• Coordinating projects including recruiting participants, assisting with data collection, data management, participating in the interpretation of data and manuscript preparation
• Tracking and reporting on activities and preparing reports
• Planning and organizing events

• Bachelor's degree in public health or related field;
  Master's degree preferred
• 1-3 years of related experience and/or research project coordination
• Demonstrated knowledge of firearm injury prevention and community‑engaged research
• Experience working with the Airtable platform
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint;
  Google programs (Gmail, calendar, Drive); and Zoom
• Demonstrated ability to simultaneously manage multiple projects to deadline
• Effective organization and management of multiple priorities in a complex environment
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, to communicate effectively with a multidisciplinary team
• Careful attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and as a successful team member

This position is for a hybrid work schedule of both in‑person and remote work with 2 days of on‑campus work (Ann Arbor campus) expected each week.

The University of Michigan is an equal employment opportunity employer.