Research Assistant

University of North Carolina, United States

Updated: over 1 year ago
Location: Chapel Hill, NORTH CAROLINA
Job Type: PartTime
Deadline: 31 Oct 2022

Posting Information
Posting Information


Department Graduate Education - SOM - 420301
Career Area Research Professionals
Posting Open Date 10/17/2022
Application Deadline 10/31/2022
Position Type Temporary Staff (SHRA)
Position Title Research Assistant
Position Number 20051092
Vacancy ID S020458
Full-time/Part-time Part-Time Temporary
Hours per week 20
Work Schedule
Monday – Friday, Flexible schedule
Position Location North Carolina, US
Hiring Range $30.00 - $42.32
Proposed Start Date 10/31/2022
Estimated Duration of Appointment 6 months or less

Position Information


Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit
The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.
OUR VISION
Our vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.
Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.
Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.
Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.
Position Summary
This study will provide program evaluation data on a pilot cohort of >200 PhD students at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The research assistant will support the conduct and management of research development activities, primarily focused on a mini-course examining the role of racial identity within biology & biomedical science careers. We will compare 1st year PhD students’ understandings of the intersections of race, racism, and science before and after participation in the mini-course. The project will involve qualitative data collection of interviews and/or focus groups with participating students, the course developers, and the course facilitator. The research assistant will be involved with finalizing the interview guide, conducting interviews and/or focus groups, developing and revising a codebook, coding and analyzing data using qualitative software, and writing final evaluation reports. The assistant’s primary task for the quantitative component would include creating new variables, labeling variables, and identifying missing values or errors.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor’s degree; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Experience working with qualitative data collection
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Knowledge of statistical software (e.g., SAS, SPSS, R, or Stata) to clean quantitative data from a questionnaire administered to students.
Special Physical/Mental Requirements
Campus Security Authority Responsibilities

Not Applicable.
Special Instructions
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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran.

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