Position Title: Volunteer Research Assistant

Employer/Organization: NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital

Address: 462 First Ave, NBV-8E14

Department: Pediatrics

Website: Not Available

Hours per week: minimum 8 hours/week

Intended Start Date: Beginning of October, 2017

Intended End Date: minimum 2 semesters after training

Paid or Unpaid: Unpaid

Position Description:

Bilingual (fluent in both English and Spanish) research assistant needed to help physician with research projects taking place at NYU School of Medicine/Bellevue Hospital Center Department of Pediatrics.

Positions are available in projects that involve looking at the impact of parent literacy on children’s health, with areas of focus including parent understanding of medication instructions/prevention of medication errors, and childhood obesity prevention and asthma.

The research assistant would help with multiple aspects of the research projects, including:
Data collection
- Assist in enrollment of families
- Assist in performing parent interviews and administration of assessments
Maintenance of research data
- Scoring of questionnaires and assessments
- Data entry
Administrative support
- Preparation of materials for assessments
- Ordering/organizing study materials, including incentives for participation and office supplies

Commitment:

- To train during the current semester

- A minimum of 2 semesters after training, consisting of two 4-hour shifts per week

- Shifts are Monday through Friday beginning at 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. daily or full day shift from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Qualifications:

- Fluency in English and Spanish

- Excellent communication and organization skills

- Prior research experience (preferred, not required)

Application Instructions: Application Instructions: Click here to upload a recent resume/CV and the completed volunteer application (see attachment)