What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Research Scientist position at Texas A&M AgriLife?
Job Title
Assistant Research Scientist
Agency
Texas A&M Agrilife Research
Department
Evidence Center
Proposed Minimum Salary
$7,166.67 monthly
Job Location
Fort Worth, Texas
Job Type
Staff
Job Description
Job Description Summary
The Assistant Research Scientist, with experience in research synthesis methodologies related to diet, nutrition, food and health, under the direction of the Nutrition & Health Program Lead, conducts and publishes evidence reviews. This role follows and meets project quality standards and contributes to methodology advancement. The Assistant Research Scientist works with data management software and may have other technical responsibilities.
Responsibilities
- Assists with proposal development for new scientific evidence review projects on diet, nutrition, food and health topics.
- Contributes to nutrition and health scientific evidence review projects including adhering to quality standards, meeting deadlines, and writing reports and publications.
- Ensures projects are conducted following state-of-the-art methods and best practices, including prospective publication of protocols and engaging in data transparency initiatives.
- Contributes to collaborative cross-functional teams addressing evidence across the agri-food-health system, providing advice to assure key nutrition and health implications and outcomes are identified and included in assessments.
- Supports topic expert panels and co-investigators on projects, including generation of protocols, determining scope, question refinement and criteria, as well as contributing to publications and presentations.
- Performs other duties as required.
Qualifications
Required Education and Experience:
- Doctoral degree in nutrition or related field.
- Relevant professional experience in nutrition or related field.
Preferred Experience:
- At least 2 years of experience as a research scientist in nutrition or related field.
- Experience conducting systematic evidence reviews.
- Experience with reference management software (e.g. Endnote, etc).
- Experience with systematic review data management software (e.g., Covidence, DistillerSR, etc.).
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Ability to critically analyze research on nutrition and health topics, including understanding the strengths and weaknesses of various study designs.
- Experience with data analysis and interpretation.
- Willingness to attend workshops, seminars, conferences.
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, and excellent interpersonal abilities.
- Excellent organizational skills, detail-oriented, and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Proven ability to collaborate with others.
- Openness to learning new skills (e.g., new methodological approaches, new software/technology, etc.).
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Teams, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.
- Ability to work in a security-sensitive capacity and maintain strict confidentiality of information.
All positions are security-sensitive. Applicants are subject to a criminal history investigation, and employment is contingent upon the institution’s verification of credentials and/or other information required by the institution’s procedures, including the completion of the criminal history check.
Equal Opportunity/Veterans/Disability Employer.
Salary : $7,167
