Research Assistant Jobs

The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year. Visit www.cdcfoundation.org for more information.

The Research Assistant will support a project that monitors electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use among youth in select cities and states throughout the United States (US). The multi-state initiative aims to augment existing national- and state-level surveillance activities related to youth tobacco product use in the US by providing more timely and detailed data. The project will be implemented via a three-pillar approach: 1) analyzing real-time data on retail sales of e-cigarettes; 2) leveraging web-based surveys in select cities and states; and 3) implementing a national longitudinal survey of youth and young adults. This Research Assistant will primarily support the survey pillars but may be asked to support other project activities as needed.

The Research Assistant will assist with questionnaire edits and testing, dataset reviews and calculating descriptive statistics. The Research Assistant will also support research related activities, including conducting literature reviews on relevant e-cigarette and tobacco/nicotine product research questions and assisting with documentation for meetings and deliverables.

The staff member will be hired by the CDC Foundation and work closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Office on Smoking and Health (OSH). This is an outstanding opportunity to work with the nation’s lead agency charged with protecting the public's health.

This position is eligible for 100% remote work for US-based candidates; however, candidates in the Washington, D.C. or Boston, M.A. area are preferred. Relocation expenses are not included.