Job Title: Data Assistant
PVN ID: BA-2411-006579
Category: Research
Location: BARUCH COLLEGE

Job Description

General Description

The CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR) is a recruiting a Research Assistant to work with Professor Jennifer Brite, a CIDR Affiliate, on her research project titled A New Perspective on Opioid-Related Deaths of Despair: Public Burials in New York City and Washington, DC. The Data Assistant will work with the PI on data cleaning and standardization, as well as some statistical analysis. 

The project has two specific aims:

Aim 1: To provide estimates of opioid-related deaths among those who receive public burial in New York City, NY, and Washington, DC.

Opioid-related deaths are rising dramatically in both locales. Leveraging death certificate data obtained through partnerships with both official jurisdictions, we will examine causes of death related to the opioid epidemic. We will compare increases in opioid-related deaths in the general population to those among decedents who receive a public burial using vital statistics death data.

Aim 2: To examine the impact of the opioid epidemic among vulnerable subgroups.

We will leverage public burial records combined with more detailed death-certificate data in these two large urban areas with differing demographic profiles to examine the impact of opioid-related public burials among racial minorities, those with lower educational attainment, blue-collar workers, the unhoused, and the foreign born.

Other Duties

  • Data cleaning of large dataset of unclaimed deaths
  • Data standardization and harmonization
  • Some statistical analysis
  • Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

  • Strong data analysis skills
  • Proficiency in R Studio/Posit
  • Attention to detail

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
CUNY Insitute for Demographic Research (
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$18.00-$22.00
Hour(s) a week
5.00-10.00
Closing Date
Jan 06, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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