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Department: Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences

Location: HSC campus

Time Type: Part time

Est Hours per week: 20

Hourly Rate: $24.04

This is a temporary Research Assistant for a position for a study focusing on HIV vulnerability and HIV testing for African American young adults in Louisville, Kentucky. The employee will work in the lab of Dr. Jelani Kerr in the Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences Department at the University of Louisville.  Responsibilities may include data collection and analysis, tracking and retention of research participants, database management, performing community outreach, participant recruitment, and other duties as assigned.   

Preferred Qualifications: 

• BS in Public Health or related field. 

• Prior experience conducting research in community-based settings.

• Doctoral level training in health promotion and health education

• Training and experience conducting community-engaged research

• Previous research experience with young adults from socially marginalized backgrounds

• Experience leading both qualitative and quantitative HIV-focused research

• Training and experience conducting analysis of qualitative and quantitative data sets.

• Experience with survey administration processes including consent, payment, and audio computer assisted / computer assisted self-interviews

• Experience conducting research with returning citizens

• Training and experience with health promotion and delivery of health promotion programming

• History of publishing in peer-reviewed journals

• Knowledge and experience on translating research results to lay communities in accessible formats

• Experience tracking and retaining participants for survey data collection

Compensation will be commensurate to candidate experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The University of Louisville is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, age, color, national origin, ethnicity, creed, religion, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, pregnancy, or veteran status. If you are unable to use our online application process due to an impairment or disability, please contact the Employment team at employment@louisville.edu or 502.852.6258.

Assistance and Accommodations

Computers are available for application submission at the Human Resources Department located at 215 Central Avenue, Ste 205 - Louisville, Kentucky 40208.

If you require assistance or accommodation with our online application process, please contact us by email at employment@louisville.edu or by phone 502-852-6258.