Part-Time Research Support

Research Support Position

Biobehavioral Health is seeking applicants for a part-time Research Support position. The Research Support position performs a variety of specialized tasks associated with conducting lab research, including: blood sample handling and processing; literature searches; editing and formatting manuscript text and tables; data scoring and entry; running simple/basic statistical analyses; maintaining participant records; basic lab work.

Sample Work

Activities:

• Will process human blood samples in a wet lab and will transport the blood samples across campus
• Assist in the execution of research projects, under general direction of senior research personnel and according to standard protocols or research plans; contribute to experiments/tests in the laboratory/field to test, prove, or modify theoretical propositions
• Aid in scoring and organization of participant data in compliance with protocols
• Conducting specified searches of the broader literature for use in technical reports, documents, proposals, or oral/written presentations

Schedule:

12 hours per week

Compensation:
The starting rate for this job is $15 per hour.

Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.

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