Research Assistant I
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX
Job posting number: #7143516 (Ref:15683-en_US)
Posted: May 4, 2023
Application Deadline: Open Until Filled
Job Description
Summary
The Center for Precision Environmental Health is seeking an enthusiastic and reliable part-time research assistant to support environmental epidemiology research projects related to maternal and child health outcomes. The primary responsibilities of this position including assisting the PIs in tasks related to data cleaning, data management, and data analyses. This position will also be responsible for programming and and analyses using statistical software (SAS and R), and summarizing results in tables, figures, reports and manuscripts.
Job Duties
- Curate epidemiologic data from multiple sources.
- Conduct statistical analyses using distributed lag non linear models as well as linear and logistic regression.
- Documents and interprets results of statistical analyses and reports results to PIs.
- Develops and modifies computer programs in SAS and R programming language.
- Compiles reports and tables of statistical results.
- Provides project management.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a Basic Science or a related field.
- Two years of relevant experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Biostatistics or related field.
- Two years of relevant experience, typically as a research assistant.
- Experience with statistical software SAS and R.
- Experience in epidemiologic or population health research studies.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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Baylor College of Medicine fosters diversity among its students, trainees, faculty and staff as a prerequisite to accomplishing our institutional mission, and setting standards for excellence in training healthcare providers and biomedical scientists, promoting scientific innovation, and providing patient-centered care. - Diversity, respect, and inclusiveness create an environment that is conducive to academic excellence, and strengthens our institution by increasing talent, encouraging creativity, and ensuring a broader perspective. - Diversity helps position Baylor to reduce disparities in health and healthcare access and to better address the needs of the community we serve. - Baylor is committed to recruiting and retaining outstanding students, trainees, faculty and staff from diverse backgrounds by providing a welcoming, supportive learning environment for all members of the Baylor community.
