Part-Time Research Assistant: Climate & Public Health

The Pennsylvania State University; State College (Centre County); Presencial; USD 28.000 - 39.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

The Healthy Environments Action Lab (HEAL) at Penn State University is seeking a Part-Time Research Assistant with strong mixed-methods training to support climate change, public health, and emergency preparedness research.

Responsibilities include grant prep, manuscript drafting, qualitative analysis, and literature reviews, plus general project support to meet milestones with rigorous data management.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Global Health, or a related field.
• Current enrollment in or recent completion of a Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, or related discipline.
• Experience in manuscript preparation, literature reviews, conducting qualitative interviews, and large-scale cohort analysis.
• High proficiency in statistical programming (R, RStudio, SPSS) and knowledge of epidemiologic methods.

Responsabilidades

• Grant preparation: assist in the research, drafting and assembly of grant proposals.
• Manuscript preparation & editing for submission to peer-reviewed journals.
• Qualitative analysis: code, theme, and synthesize qualitative data.
• Literature reviews: search and synthesize to support proposals and manuscripts.
• Project assistance: provide general administrative support and ensure milestones are met.
• Other research and administrative tasks as assigned.

Conocimientos

Statistical programming (R, RStudio,SP

Qualitative data analysis

Manuscript preparation

Literature reviews

Strong written and oral communication

Independent work capability

Epidemiology knowledge (causal infer)

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in psychology, Global Health, or related field

Master’s degree in Epidemiology, Public Health, or related discipline

Herramientas

Canva

Adobe Photoshop

Unity/C#

Descripción del empleo

The Healthy Environments Action Lab (HEAL) at Penn State University is seeking a Part-Time Research Assistant with strong mixed-methods training to support climate change, public health, and emergency preparedness research.

Responsibilities include grant prep, manuscript drafting, qualitative analysis, and literature reviews, plus general project support to meet milestones with rigorous data management.