[Prevscilist] Job opportunity

[Atika Khurana]

Dear PrevSci students,

Please see job announcement below and consider applying.


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Hi Students –see opportunity below to work with a new faculty here in 
CPHS, Emily Tanner Smith.  This is a great opportunity so please pass it 
along and contact Emily if you have an interest in this work. The 
position could be added to a GE that is not at the .49 FTE level.

Beth

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*Contact Information:*

Students interested in these positions should email a current copy of 
their CV to Dr. Emily Tanner-Smith at etanners at uoregon.edu 
<mailto:etanners at uoregon.edu>.

*Job Description:*

With supervision and support, these positions involve assisting with one 
or more of Dr. Tanner-Smith’s meta-analysis projects at the Prevention 
Science Institute. The goals of these projects are to collect and 
synthesize evidence from prior research studies that examined:

·       the comparative effectiveness of brief motivational substance 
use interventions for adolescent and young adults (e.g., see 
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25300577);

·       the effects of brief substance use interventions delivered in 
general healthcare settings (e.g., primary care, outpatient clinics, 
emergency departments);

·       the effects of juvenile drug courts for reducing recidivism and 
substance use among youth in the juvenile justice system (e.g., see 
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/grants/250439.pdf).

Duties will include data collection via systematic coding of research 
reports, as well as general assistance with data collection and data 
management tasks. These positions can also offer opportunities for 
conducting data analysis and collaborating on presentations/publications.

*Key Functions and Expected Performances:*

· Participate in training on standardized coding protocol to learn data 
extraction tools and procedures; establish reliability on coding protocol.

· Search for eligible research studies via electronic databases, 
internet, references in published material, and citations in relevant 
research papers.

· Screen abstracts and full text reports to assess eligibility for 
inclusion in the meta-analysis, using standardized coding protocol.

·       Read research reports and extract pertinent information, using 
standardized coding protocol.

· Function cooperatively and effectively with other members of the 
research team.

*Minimum Requirements:*

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree in a social science 
discipline, but a Master’s is preferred.

The position requires successful completion of at least one graduate 
level statistics course and one research design/methods course. 
Additional coursework in advanced statistical methods is desired, but 
not required.

Experience with Excel, FileMaker, R, SAS, SPSS, or Stata is highly desired.

*Additional information:*

These are part-time positions that are expected to require 10-20 hours 
per week.

The start date for these positions will be October 1, 2017 (with earlier 
start dates negotiable).

/Beth Stormshak, Ph.D./

/Knight Chair and Professor, College of Education/

/Director, Prevention Science Institute/

/University of Oregon/

/Eugene, OR 97403/

/http://psi.uoregon.edu/

/phone: 541-346-3538/

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