Research Assistant, Community Health Worker Academy

Wayne State University - Detroit, MI

Full-time - Entry Level

Detroit, MI

Educational Services

About the position

The Research Assistant for the Community Health Worker Academy at Wayne State University will support the design and execution of research initiatives within the Community Health Worker Training Program. This role involves collaboration with principal investigators, participant recruitment, data collection, and analysis, contributing to the advancement of public health education and intervention strategies.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the principal and co-investigators on research design and modifications.
• Recruit research participants and organizations for intervention implementation.
• Collect data through surveys, interviews, focus groups, document retrieval, and field observations.
• Develop intervention protocols in the Community Health Worker Academy's Education Catalog for research participants.
• Design and manage the research data management systems and operations.
• Conduct data analysis.
• Draft research reports and presentations.
• Produce evaluation reports for research funding agencies.
• Manage research equipment.
• Attend in-person research team meetings on campus and virtual meetings as required.
• Perform other research duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Public/Community Health or related discipline.
• Minimum of one year of research experience in a public/community health-related intervention program.
• Experience working with the Canvas, Canvas Catalog, and Qualtrics research management platforms.
• Experience with research design, survey development, data collection and management, data analysis, and research/evaluation publication/presentation/report generation.
• Excellent communication skills and professionalism.
• Ability to work productively and effectively both as a member of an inter-disciplinary team and independently.