Part-Time Research Support - MESH Lab

The Pennsylvania State University; State College (Centre County); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

The Pennsylvania State University is seeking a Research Support professional to assist with data analyses, literature searches, and manuscript preparation within Biobehavioral Health research. The role includes editing and formatting manuscripts, cleaning and organizing data, and helping draft codebooks and consent forms.

Qualified candidates hold an MS or higher in Biobehavioral Health or related field with expertise in statistical modeling, including latent profile modeling.

Qualifications

• MS or higher degree in Biobehavioral Health or related field.
• Expertise in statistical modeling, including latent profile modeling.
• Experience with data cleaning and entering data; helping produce figures and materials.

Responsibilities

• Provide support for a research project by gathering, summarizing, interpreting, and disseminating information based on extant literature.
• Review existing data for errors and/or enter data into spreadsheets or statistical software.
• Initiate or contribute to data analysis for use in technical reports and presentations.
• Draft research protocols, codebooks, abstracts, and consent forms.
• Help write up results for publication or draft proposals to obtain grant funding.

Skills

Statistical modeling

Latent profile modeling

Education

MS or higher in Biobehavioral Health or related field

Tools

R

SAS

SPSS

Job description

Approval of remote and hybrid work is not guaranteed regardless of work location.For additional information on remote work at Penn State, seeNotice to Out of State Applicants.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND POSITION REQUIREMENTS

JOB TITLE DEFINITION:

The Research Support position performs a variety of specialized tasks associated with conducting and disseminating results from research, including: running data analyses; literature searches; editing and formatting manuscript text and tables and helping to draft manuscripts; cleaning and entering data; running data analyses; helping with codebooks for research projects; helping produce figures and other materials for presentations; overseeing and monitoring research procedures and recordings to ensure quality control and compliance.

SAMPLE WORK ACTIVITIES:

Provide support for a research project such as gathering, summarizing, interpreting, and disseminating information based on extant literature; determining emerging trends in a field of study, etc.

Review existing data for errors and/or enter data into spreadsheets, forms, or statistical software programs

Initiate or contribute to data analysis for use in technical reports, documents, proposals, or oral/written presentations

Draft research protocols, codebooks, abstracts, and consent forms

Help write up results for publication; may contribute to proposal drafts to obtain grant funding

REQUIRED:

MS or higher degree in Biobehavioral Health or related field; expertise in statistical modeling, including latent profile modeling

Research expertise related to the following content areas is strongly preferred: mechanisms underlying stress and physical health connections; emotion-related dynamics; child and adult psychopathology; depression

BACKGROUND CHECKS/CLEARANCES

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

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