General summary/purpose:

The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities Solutions is seeking a full time Research Assistant to support the day-to-day activities of The Prime Time Sister Circle Research Study (PTSC) and the Black Men’s Health Project (BMHP).

The mission of the Black Men’s Health Project is to gain a deeper understanding of the unique health challenges of Black men and develop culturally competent strategies and solutions to improve the health outcomes for Black men. A key component of the BMHP is the Black Men’s Health Survey (BMHS)—a planned longitudinal study of Black men’s health. The Research Assistant will be responsible for conducting research and gathering valuable data and insights through the Black Men’s Health Survey.

Black men

The Prime Time Sister Circle (PTSC) is an evaluation of a community-based intervention for African-American women ages 40-75 to take control of their CVD health. It is a collaboration with the HCHDS, the Gaston Porter Health Improvement Center, and the American Institutes for Research and the Unity Health Care. The Research Assistant will plan, organize and coordinate recruitment and follow up meetings. The Research Assistant must maintain ongoing relationships with the study participants and multi-sector partners.  Significant sample size and gain in-depth perspectives on Black Male health across the nation. The Research Assistant will be responsible for conducting research and gathering valuable data and insights through the Black Men’s Health Survey.

Specific Duties/ Responsibilities 

• Maintain a good working knowledge of all assigned protocols and reporting requirements
• Participate in administering and reviewing surveys at meeting sessions
• Recruit research participants
• Verify participant eligibility for study
• Interview research study subjects
• Read through and verbally administer survey to attendees on as-needed basis
• Participate in data collection, management and calculations
• Generate and summarize data into reports to share with PI
• Maintain accurate, up to date files and records in excel and Red Cap
• Assist in scoring, coding and verifying research data
• Conduct literature searches

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in related discipline (e.g. Public Health, Health Science, and Applied Math)
• Some related work experience.

Additional education may substitute for required experience and additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

JHU Equivalency Formula:   

30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience.    

Additional related experience may substitute for the required education on the same basis. 

For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job. 

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• MS Office, (Word, Excel, Power Point), Red Cap, SAS and STATA Software
• Data analysis and Oral presentation skills
• Technical and Manuscript writing skills
• Completed IRB, human subjects training and HIPAA training
• Experience interviewing patients, focus groups or call center experience and working in a research setting
• Possess exceptional interpersonal, communication and organizational skills
• Previous training working with low-income participants or other disadvantaged populations including minority communities

Classified Title: Research Assistant 
Working Title: Research Assistant  ​​​​​
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/03/CD 
Starting Salary Range: $16.26-$22.35 (commensurate wth experience)
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday through Friday 
Exempt Status: Non-Exempt  
Location: 05-MD:School of Public Health 
Department name: 60004107-Health Policy & Management -HCHDS 
Personnel area: School of Public Health

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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