New Brunswick, NJ, USA
17 days ago
Research Teaching Specialist III
Recruitment/Posting Title Research Teaching Specialist III Job Category Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-Psychiatry-IMHS-ZM1604 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, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating universitywide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Research Teaching Specialist III for the department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, provides analytic and data management support for research projects. The Genes, Environment, and Neurodevelopment in Addictions (GENA) research program in the Center for Psychiatric Health and Genomics is hiring a Research Teaching Specialist III to support a federally funded program of research on the factors that contribute to the onset, persistence, and recovery from alcohol and substance use disorders across the lifespan. Specific lines of inquiry include gene-environment interplay and characterizing how genetic and environmental risk factors are transmitted within families. 

As further detailed below, the Research Teaching Specialist III will be responsible for data analysis and visualization for scientific publications and grant proposals, the development and maintenance of data management protocols for research studies, and related research tasks.

Among the key duties of this position are the following: Performs statistical consultation and data analysis and interprets results under the supervision of the Director to support epidemiological research on alcohol and drug use disorders and related conditions. Prepares drafts of analytic approach and results sections for scientific journal articles and grant proposals. Assists with the development and implementation of data management protocols using statistical software programs such as R (and other statistical software depending on project needs) to clean, manage, and merge multimodal data for the design and analysis of longitudinal, genetically informative studies. Assists with the preparation of data documentation and data archiving, consistent with requirements of funders. Participates in the design of electronic data capture forms to collect data to ensure the collection of high-quality data. Designs statistical graphs and charts and other publication-quality data visualizations to present meaningful and scientifically valid data summaries for research projects. Assists with the preparation of statistical training and instructional material. Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement FLSA Exempt Grade 22S Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary 59590.000 Annual Mid Range Salary 71303.000 Annual Maximum Salary 84513.000 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description HPAE, Local 5094 Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview.



Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility ABP
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