Job Title: Primary Research Assistant
PVN ID: PH-1901-002899
Category: Research
Location: CUNY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH & HEALTH POLICY

Job Description

General Description

Working with cohorts of middle school students in the Bronx, researchers are seeking to determine the effectiveness of a countermarketing curriculum on sugary beverage consumption post-intervention. Countermarketing is communication designed to reduce consumption of unhealthy products by exposing the motives and denormalizing marketing activities by food companies.

This research assistant will work on the Bronx Health REACH Creating Healthy Schools & Communities Initiative under the supervisor of CUNY SPH professor Chris Palmedo. 

Duties of the research assistant include the following:

- Assisting with the logistics of arranging 12 focus groups of students ages 13-18. This may include scheduling sessions, purchasing and supplying snacks for participants, distributing gift cards, and managing recording of focus groups

- Arranging for transcriptions to be made from focus group recordings

- Managing the qualitative analysis including coding trasnscipts

- Working with qualitative research software to analyze data

- Drafting reports and manuscripts

To apply, please include cover letter and resume.

 

Other Duties

Qualifications

Individuals passionate about qualitative research, ideally with experience, are encouraged to apply.

 

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) was established as a not-for-profit educational corporation chartered by the State of New York in 1963. RFCUNY supports CUNY faculty and staff in identifying and obtaining external support (pre-award) from government and private sponsors and is responsible for the administration of all such funded programs (post-award).

RFCUNY stands between CUNY’s principal investigators (PIs) and the sponsors who support them and strives to fulfill its essential responsibilities to both groups. Working closely with individual PIs and Grants Officers on the campuses, RFCUNY oversees employment, accounting, audit, reporting, purchasing, and special responsibilities that include management of a planned giving program; liaison with governmental agencies and foundations; negotiation of agreements; facility construction and renovation; protection and commercialization of intellectual property; and compliance with applicable standards in research involving human subjects, animal care, environmental and radiological safety, and conflicts of interest.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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Key Features

Department
Community Health and Social Sciences
Status
Part Time
Pay Range
$21.00-$21.00
Hour(s) a week
4.00-19.00
Closing Date
Mar 16, 2019 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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