Graduate Hourly (Gra For Global Health Study) - Family And Community Medicine

Graduate Hourly (GRA for Global Health Study) - Family and Community Medicine

Hiring Department: Family and Community Medicine

Location: Chicago, IL USA

Requisition ID: 1018397

Posting Close Date: May 19, 2023

About the University of Illinois Chicago

UIC is among the nation’s preeminent urban public research universities, a Carnegie RU/VH research institution, and the largest university in Chicago. UIC serves over 34,000 students, comprising one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation and is designated as a Minority Serving Institution (MSI), an Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institution (AANAPSI) and a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Through its 16 colleges, UIC produces nationally and internationally recognized multidisciplinary academic programs in concert with civic, corporate and community partners worldwide, including a full complement of health sciences colleges. By emphasizing cutting-edge and transformational research along with a commitment to the success of all students, UIC embodies the dynamic, vibrant and engaged urban university. Recent “Best Colleges” rankings published by U.S. News & World Report, found UIC climbed up in its rankings among top public schools in the nation and among all national universities. UIC has nearly 260,000 alumni, and is one of the largest employers in the city of Chicago.

Description:

Position Summary
This is an hourly, remote position that will begin in June 2023 to June 2024 with the possibility of extension. The Graduate Assistant will work under the direction of the US Principal Investigator (PI) and the project manager to support this Global Health Study: Adaptation and Implementation of a Patient Navigation Program for Cervical Cancer Screening across Contexts in Senegal. This research responds to identified intrapersonal- and community-level barriers to early cervical cancer screening uptake, follow-up, and treatment among women in Senegal. By studying the process of adaptation of a patient navigation program in a low- and middle-income country (LMIC), we will apply implementation science to a novel context. With a particular focus on how the adaptation responds to cancer-related stigma in addition to more typically studied barriers such as communication, knowledge, and structural barriers, our project demonstrates additional innovation.
Duties & Responsibilities

• Conduct coordination/management of project (field activities and collaboration with research team and offsite personnel).

• Conduct literature searches to inform the project and manuscript development.

• Assist with study protocol development and human subjects research institutional review board approval.

• Assist in the development and implementation of surveys in REDCap.

• Coordinate the ordering, inventory and maintenance of equipment, instruments and data collection and analysis tools.

• Perform surveys, interviews, observations or uses other methods according to established research protocols.

• Assist with the collection, processing, and analysis of data. Summarize research and test results.

• Develop project updates and brief reports for public announcements and media correspondence.

• Perform other related duties and participate in special projects as assigned.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Successful completion of Fall (2022) coursework

• French proficiency preferred but not required
• Previous job performance in public health, academic research, or related field, preferred

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