Population Research Project Assistant III, Omer's Lab, School of Public Health

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Job Summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center is hiring for Population Research Project Assistant III, Omer's Lab, School of Public Health

The UT Southwestern Peter O'Donnell Jr. School of Public Health is dedicated to advancing the nation's health through groundbreaking research and by training a new generation of leaders who can respond to emerging public health needs.

Experience and Education

• Master's degree in related field OR Bachelors degree and two (2) years’ experience in behavioral, social science or public health.
• Prefer bilingual fluency in English and Spanish

Job Duties

• Recruit and screen participants for multiple research projects; recruitment may take place on or off campus or via telephone.
• Schedule appointments, obtain consent forms, explain study to participants and collect data. Interview participants for assigned research projects; interviews may be in person, in clinical setting, subject\'s residence or by telephone.
• Travel to recruitment sites as needed. Compile and verify the accuracy of research information based on quality of criteria; abstract, classify and code data.
• Perform a variety of research duties such as library reference materials search for necessary project information.
• Performs literature searches, document results and discuss results with supervisor.
• Perform medical records abstractions, data coding and data entry.
• Train lower level assistants in interviewing and recruitment techniques as well as other routine tasks such as abstractions, data coding and data entry.
• Compile data and produce reports to be used for analysis of research findings.
• **Other Duties: Performs other duties as assigned.

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