| Location: Hyde Park Campus Job Description: - Under limited direction, performs complex lab and/or research-related duties and tasks.
- Collects, records and analyzes data.
- Conducts literature reviews.
- Participates in writing reports and manuscripts.
- Ensures compliance with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives, and mandates.
- Trains and oversees the work of research support personnel.
- Transcribes and codes data; develops data collection instruments.
- Presents research findings at staff meetings, seminars, and scientific conferences.
- Assists with building databases.
- Recruits and schedules research subjects.
- Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.
- Analyzes and maintains data and/or specimens. Conducts literature reviews. Assists with preparation of reports, manuscripts and other documents.
- Installs, sets up and performs experiments, interacting with students and other laboratory staff under the direction of the principal investigator.
- Supports data collection and analytical needs of research projects. Conducts literature reviews and helps write reports and manuscripts. Ensures project compliance with different policies, procedures, directives, and mandates.
- Takes responsibility for the following non-laboratory duties: transcribing and coding data; developing data collection instruments; presenting research; and recruiting and scheduling research subjects. Acquires higher-level skills and knowledge in the process.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications Education: - Advanced degree in economics, political science, computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
Experience: - A minimum of one year of relevant research experience.
Technical Skills or Knowledge: - Working knowledge with Stata, Python, Matlab, and/or R.
Preferred Competencies - Train others.
- Advanced knowledge in relevant scientific field.
- Advanced knowledge of research techniques or methods.
- Knowledge of regulatory policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of scientific applications and equipment.
- Analytical skills.
- Problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- Organizational skills.
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Work independently and as part of a team.
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