Soc/Clin Research Specialist

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Patient care: We promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.

Education: We prepare tomorrow`s healthcare professionals and biomedical researchers from all backgrounds by facilitating learning within innovative and integrated curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education to ensure a highly skilled workforce.

Research: We develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers and resources. We provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our university to support outstanding research. We foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic and population research.

This position will perform work related to Dr. Mara Buchbinder's Greenwall grant.

The Study of OB-GYNs in Post-Roe America ( SOPRA) is seeking a Social/Clinical Research Specialist to help with qualitative data collection and analysis. SOPRA is an R01 study funded by the National Institutes for Occupational Safety and Health that will examine mental health and work-related wellbeing in U.S. based obstetrician-gynecologists using a mixed-methods design. The Social/Clinical Research Specialist's responsibilities will include coordinating participant recruitment; scheduling and conducting qualitative interviews alongside project investigators; verifying and deidentifying transcripts of audio-recorded interviews; coding interview transcripts using qualitative data analysis software; reviewing literature; and assisting with the preparation of presentations and manuscripts. The Social/Clinical Research Specialist must be willing to commit 20 hours per week. Most work will occur during the standard work week, but occasionally interviews may be scheduled in the evenings and on weekends. Hourly pay will be commensurate with degree program and experience.

Bachelor's degree in a discipline related to the field assigned and one year of related training or experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience. All degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions.

Knowledge or experience in public health, social sciences, or a related field.
Experience with scientific manuscript preparation and familiarity with Dedoose software.

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