Postdoctoral Research Associate, Public Health
6 months ago
This position is part of the Provost’s Office Grand Challenges Precision Health Initiative which will support transdisciplinary research and training to optimize health outcomes for individuals and entire populations, across a wide range of complex and chronic diseases. The UVA Precision Health Initiative will conduct research that will engage populations in Virginia to generate new discoveries that could improve the health of all Virginians.
The candidate will be asked to support implementation of projects focused on health equity and community engagement in conjunction with faculty from the School of Medicine (Department of Public Health and Center for Public Health Genomics) and the School of Nursing (Department of Family, Community and Mental Health Systems). Mentorship will be provided by senior colleagues Drs. Keith Keene , Ishan Williams, and Kelsie Kelly Smith. Candidates will receive mentorship and training in precision health, including health equity, community based participatory research, community needs assessments, data analysis, inclusive approaches to establishing and advancing community partnerships, and related grant writing.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Helping formalize University-Community agreements and protocols for conducting community-engaged research.
Conducting community needs assessments.
Assist with health literacy/education information and community education forums.
Assist with targeted team training on the responsible conduct of community engaged population research.
Lead and co-author papers for submission to peer-reviewed journals.
Communicate research findings at key conferences and within community settings/organizations.
Contribute to the submission of federal and private grant proposals.
Providing near-peer-mentorship to PhD students and other early-career-scholars on the research team.
Support the team with data cleaning, project management, and grant submission tasks as needed.
Other tasks including various writing and content creation (e.g., research briefs to partners), tool development, technical assistance, and presentations.
Minimum Requirements:
An earned Ph.D. in a research-oriented field, such as Health Disparities/Equity, Public Health, Research/Statistics/Evaluation, or a related field is required by the start date of the position.
Preferred Qualifications:
The ideal candidate is an early-career researcher with prior experience conducting community based participatory research, working with large datasets and cutting-edge statistical methods, and some knowledge or interest in public health, health equity, and/or health disparities.
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
Content expertise in some of the following areas: public health, health equity, community based participatory research, and ethics training.
Methods expertise in one or more of the following areas: Survey data analysis; research-practice partnerships; conducting applied research in community settings.
Administrative expertise: Proficient with Box, RedCap, Google Suite, Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams), Zoom, Qualtrics or similar survey data collection tools, and ability to learn new software quickly and introduce new useful applications and platforms to the team.
Anticipated Hiring Range :
$56,484 to $65,000, commensurate with qualifications.
This position will s ponsor applicants for work visa who meet the qualifications.
This is a 12-month appointment with the possibility of renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and the availability of funding. Salary is commensurate with education and experience.
This is an Exempt level, benefited position. For more information on the benefits at UVA, visit hr.virginia.edu/benefits
This position will remain open until filled. The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment. A completed pre-employment health screen is required for this position prior to employment.
To Apply:
Please apply through Careers at UVA , and search for R0058429 .
Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find Jobs' and search for R0058429 .
Complete an application online with the following documents:
CV
Cover letter
Contact information for 3 references.
Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all required documents will not receive full consideration.
For questions about the application process, please contact Yelena Markazyan, Academic Recruiter at
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