Student Research Worker | Columbia University Job at Columbia University, New York, NY

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  • Columbia University
  • New York, NY

Job Description

  • Job Type: Short Term Casual
  • Bargaining Unit:
  • Regular/Temporary: Temporary
  • End Date if Temporary:
  • Hours Per Week: 10
  • Standard Work Schedule:
  • Building:
  • Salary Range: $22.50 -$22.50

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Summary

Columbia University School of Nursing is looking to hire 1 short-term casual to provide research support for several NIH-funded projects in the areas of primary care, health care workforce, and racial and ethnic health disparities in chronic diseases. The selected incumbents will report directly to the Principal Investigator and will work with other researchers to achieve key research tasks. The candidate will work closely with the team to perform/maintain analyses such as social network analysis in R software.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include but are not limited to: 

- conducting statistical review of data sets and data analysis;

- conducting data cleaning, preparation and building statistical models, preferably using SAS or R;

- helping with data management;
- assisting with literature reviews, grant, manuscript, and presentation preparation;

- participating in research-related meetings;
- performing other related duties as assigned.

This position is grant funded and continued employment will be contingent upon the grant .

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor?s diploma or equivalent;

-Knowledge of/experience working in statistics;

-Experience with R, especially R functions, loops, and iterations;

-Experience with research projects;

-Strong attention to detail and organizational skills;

-Strong data management, analytical and writing skills;

-Solid experience with data management.

Preferred Qualifications

A background and/or experience in health-related research or biostatistics is preferred. A master?s degree in a related field (complete or in progress) is highly preferred. Working knowledge of social network analysis packages such as igraphand ERGM modeling is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Columbia University is committed to the hiring of qualified local residents.

About Columbia University

Columbia University is one of the world's most important centers of research and at the same time a distinctive and distinguished learning environment for undergraduates and graduate students in many scholarly and professional fields. The University recognizes the importance of its location in New York City and seeks to link its research and teaching to the vast resources of a great metropolis. It seeks to attract a diverse and international faculty and student body, to support research and teaching on global issues, and to create academic relationships with many countries and regions. It expects all areas of the university to advance knowledge and learning at the highest level and to convey the products of its efforts to the world.

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Job Tags

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