Research jobs at the University of Utah, USA

Position: Research Assistant/Analyst under the Department of Population Health Sciences

The University of Utah 

The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, United States of America. It offers more than 100 undergraduate majors and more than 92 graduate degree programs. The university ranks 61st among U.S. universities by total research expenditures with over $380 million spent in 2017. 22 Rhodes Scholars, four Nobel Prize winners, two Turing Award winners,  eight  MacArthur Fellows, various Pulitzer Prize winners, two astronauts, Gates Cambridge Scholars,  and Churchill Scholars have a connection with the university as students, researchers, or faculty members in its history. In addition, the university’s Honors College falls among 100 leading national Honors Colleges in the U.S.

Roles and responsibilities

The position holder will gather, organize and analyze data through interviews, literature searches, medical record reviews and related non-lab methods for use in studies, publications, and other research-related uses. In addition to that, the incumbent will do the following things in particular

• Collects and compiles data from a variety of sources; may enter data into computer format.
• Conducts literature searches, summarizes literature, and maintain computer reference library.
• Statistically analyzes data to include calculating the mean, median, and standard deviation, plotting scattergrams and performing multiple regression analysis in addition to other statistical computations.
• Also, write and edit research papers, project reports, grant proposals prior to publication or presentation.
• Prepares format for final disposition of data; maintains an internal library on project information resources and final data collected.
• Similarly, work with research personnel in the design and preparation of research projects and in recording data.
• Assist with overall project management as well as to conduct qualitative coding ideally.
• Furthermore, perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a Social or Behavioral Science, Liberal Arts, or a field related to the area of research. In addition to that, one year of experience in research and analytical techniques.
• Additionally, demonstrated statistical and quantitative analysis experience and demonstrated human relation and effective communication skills required.