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Boston University RESEARCH AND DATA MANAGER, School of Public Health, Environmental Health in BOSTON, Massachusetts
The Department of Environmental Health at the Boston University School of Public Health (https://www.bu.edu/sph/about/departments/environmental-health/) (BUSPH) has a long history and national reputation of interdisciplinary research to address the health effects of environmental exposures. Our work addresses the health effects of exposures to complex mixtures of chemicals, including chemicals contained in consumer products as well as contaminants of water, food, and soil such as lead or mercury. We evaluate the health effects of air pollution and a changing climate, including through the school-wide Center for Climate and Health at BUSPH, which is led by environmental health faculty. We are also interested in the adverse effects of non-chemical hazards such as noise, heat, and social stressors, and how different kinds of chemical and non-chemical exposures accumulate or interact to harm health. Vulnerable populations such as children and people living in poverty in the US and internationally are of special interest to us.
This position is responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of a study in India. Dr. Anoop Jain, an Assistant Professor of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health, is the principal
investigator of a study being conducted in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control, Christian Medical College Vellore, and Sanitation and Health Rights in India. This position will provide key operational and logistical management for this study that seeks to better understand how to ensure cleanliness at public toilet facilities in India.
Essential Functions:
Manage the day-to-day operations, logistics, and study preparations. These activities include development of study plans, protocols, and documentation, development and support of data management, and transfer systems and purchasing and shipment planning and accounting. These activities will occur in close collaboration with the India-based field staff and PI at BUSPH
Lead the design and implementation of the qualitative portion of this study. This will entail submitting the IRB protocol, developing the interview guides, training enumerators, conducting quality control on interviews, ensuring transcriptions are done correctly, coding and analyzing the data, and then preparing the manuscript. This will be done under the guidance of the PI.
Manage data generated from the study and provide analytic support to the study team. This requires having a masters level degree.
Support new grant proposals, existing grant reporting, and the development of manuscripts/research reports.
Required Skills
Bachelor's degree required, Master's degree preferred.
2+ years of experience.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor .
Required Experience