Student Research Worker

• Job Type: Short Term Casual
• Bargaining Unit:
• Regular/Temporary: Temporary
• End Date if Temporary:
• Hours Per Week: 10
• Standard Work Schedule:
• Building:
• Salary Range: $22.50 -$22.50

Position Summary

Columbia University School of Nursing is looking to hire 1 short-term casual to provide research support for several NIH-funded projects in the areas of primary care, health care workforce, and racial and ethnic health disparities in chronic diseases. The selected incumbents will report directly to the Principal Investigator and will work with other researchers to achieve key research tasks. The candidate will work closely with the team to perform/maintain analyses such as social network analysis in R software.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

- conducting statistical review of data sets and data analysis;

- conducting data cleaning, preparation and building statistical models, preferably using SAS or R;

- helping with data management;
- assisting with literature reviews, grant, manuscript, and presentation preparation;

- participating in research-related meetings;
- performing other related duties as assigned.

This position is grant funded and continued employment will be contingent upon the grant.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's diploma or equivalent;

-Knowledge of/experience working in statistics;

-Experience with R, especially R functions, loops, and iterations;

-Experience with research projects;

-Strong attention to detail and organizational skills;

-Strong data management, analytical and writing skills;

-Solid experience with data management.

Preferred Qualifications

A background and/or experience in health-related research or biostatistics is preferred. A master's degree in a related field (complete or in progress) is highly preferred. Working knowledge of social network analysis packages such as igraphand ERGM modeling is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.