Junior Research Associate

University of Alberta Careers; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Alberta Careers site advertises a Junior Research Associate in the Health Technology and Policy Unit (HTPU) at North Campus Edmonton. The role focuses on conducting health technology assessments and evidence reviews to support fair, evidence-informed decisions in the Alberta public system.

Proficiency in systematic and scoping review methods, basic quantitative techniques, and qualitative approaches is required.

Qualifications

• Experience with systematic review methods and scoping reviews.
• Ability to apply basic quantitative techniques.
• Familiarity with qualitative data collection and analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication for stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, conduct and disseminate HTA and HER research.
• Collaborate on methods for assessing technologies across lifecycle.
• Contribute to evaluating social, economic and ethical implications.
• Engage with diverse stakeholder communities to share findings.

Job description

This competition is open to all applicants however; internal applicants will be given priority consideration based on minimum qualifications, or a combination of experience, skills, and abilities before external applicants are considered.

This position has an initial appointment of2 years.

Location - This role is in-person at North Campus Edmonton.

The junior research associate will be engaged in research activities of the Health Technology and Policy Unit (HTPU). The HTPU undertakes research aimed at creating knowledge to support fair, evidence informed decision making around the introduction and use of health technologies in the publicly funded health care system. It also conducts health technology assessments (HTAs) and health evidence reviews (HERs) for Alberta Health.

HER uses evaluative methods from the social and applied sciences, including clinical epidemiology, biostatistics, health economics, modelling and qualitative techniques to systematically examine the clinical, economic, social, legal, ethical and overall system implications of health technologies. Given its broad scope, the position requires proficiency in systematic review and scoping review methods; basic quantitative techniques; and qualitative approaches to collecting and analyzing data. Strong communication skills are needed, since the position must interact with many different stakeholder communities.

While this position will primarily be involved in the HER activities of the unit, they will have the opportunity to be engaged in other research related to methods for assessing technologies throughout their lifecycle and determining the broader social value of personalized medicines and technologies for rare diseases as part of the other grants held by members of the portfolio. Therefore, activities in which the research associate will be involved in include planning, developing, conducting, implementing and disseminating research in the form of HTAs and other empirical work.