HEALTH AND WELLNESS DESIGN (BL-HEWD-IUBLA)
The Health Innovation Lab and the Brain Safety Lab, both under the direction of Dr. Holden, have joint presence in Bloomington, Indianapolis, and online. Research in the lab is highly interdisciplinary, applying expertise from social and behavioral sciences, systems engineering and informatics, human-centered design and evaluation, and the health professions. Topics addressed include: medication safety; mobile health, sensors, and other technology; healthy aging and disease prevention; family caregiving for people with dementia; participatory design of interventions; and social determinants of health and healthy equity. The labs collectively pursue ¿better health, by design¿ through the development and testing of sociotechnical interventions in key areas of prevention and care.
The labs offer its team members skills development, professional advancement, and competitive funding.
Dr. Holden is Professor and Chair of Health and Wellness Design at Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington. He is a Jack A. Kraft Innovator, Regenstrief Venture Fellow, CHIIS's Chief Healthcare Engineer, and Dean's Eminent Scholar, but most of all, he is a dedicated mentor. Those working in the labs are eligible for mentorship and project opportunities from a network of over a dozen faculty in and outside the Department of Health and Wellness Design and the Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington. Health and Wellness Design is an academic department with 20 full-time faculty, over 400 students enrolled in BS, MS, MPH, and PhD programs, and closely connected to Indiana University and Purdue University schools of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Engineering, Informatics, Art and Design, Public and Environmental Affairs, and Public Health, as well as other state entities including Regenstrief Institute, Inc., the Indiana Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, IU Health and Eskenazi Health.
More information about the Department of Health and Wellness Design in the School of Public Health-Bloomington at Indiana University may be found here .
The part time Research Assistant will join an interdisciplinary research team designing and testing technology solutions to improve older adult health and safety.
Department-Specific Responsibilities
- Conducts a research project in collaboration with project leaders and other members of the research team.
- Recruits, consents, and enrolls research participants from Indianapolis-area community pharmacies and other healthcare and/or community settings.
- Participates in data collection and analysis.
- Participates in user testing/user evaluation studies of consumer technology developed through the project.
- Manages research data, including proper storage and maintaining documentation about research data.
- Coordinates with the business office to facilitate incentive payments for research participants.
- Generates and presents reports and other products (such as research manuscripts, posters, etc.).
General Responsibilities
- Performs a wide variety of complex experiments and reports results.
- Keeps organized analytical data of performed experiments.
- Provides support for equipment maintenance as needed.
- Acts as a liaison to students and laboratory personnel for training.
- Maintains laboratory supply requisition and management.
- May train junior-level staff.
- May help plan experiments or short-term goals.
Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.
EDUCATION
Required
- High school diploma or equivalent (such as HSED or GED)
Preferred
- Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field (e.g., engineering, informatics, human centered computing, design) and/or a health science field (e.g., public health, psychology, medical sociology)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Preferred
- Experience in research involving human participants
- Experience in usability testing or software development
SKILLS
Required
- Proficient communication skills
- Maintains a high degree of professionalism
- Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills
- Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
- Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
- Highly thorough and dependable
The role frequently requires the ability to move about the work environment and to position oneself to operate laboratory equipment effectively. The role requires the ability to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds and will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
This position is grant funded with expected annual renewals. Renewals are contingent on the availability of grant funds.
$17.00 - $19.00 per hour
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:
- Multiple plan options for medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Health Savings Account with generous IU contribution
- Life insurance, LTD, and AD&D options
- Base retirement plan contribution from IU, subject to vesting
- Additional supplemental retirement plan options
- Tuition benefit for IU classes
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Generous Paid Time Off
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Learn more about our benefits by reviewing our online Benefits Brochure .
Career Level: Part Time Employee
FLSA: Nonexempt
Job Function: Part Time Employee
Job Family: Part Time Employee
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