Temporary Research Assistant
About the Role
Rutgers School of Health Professions is seeking a Temporary Research Assistant for the Department of Health Informatics. The assistant will support the faculty member in conducting multiple research studies, handling participant recruitment, screening, enrollment, protocol development, data collection, record keeping, statistical analysis, data coding, and preparation of presentations and manuscripts.
Responsibilities
- Assist with protocol initiation and development alongside the PI and study team.
- Assist with eIRB initiation.
- Recruit, manage, and monitor human subjects.
- Collect and manage data (e.g., interviews, surveys, experiments).
- Support grant‑related research activities.
- Clean, analyze, and interpret data.
- Collect data using RedCap and Qualtrics.
- Assist with preparation of presentations and manuscripts.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bilingual in English/Spanish (preferred).
- Experience with social network analysis, text analysis, and other computational analysis (a plus).
Overview
New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS), takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research to improve human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university‑wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes focused on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health‑care policy and aging research. Faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. RBHS offers education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and allied health careers. Clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—including New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.