Req #: 236381

Department: SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

Posting Date: 07/11/2024

Closing Info: Open Until Filled

Salary: $4,054 - $6,800 per month

Shift: First Shift

Notes: As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here. (https://hr.uw.edu/benefits/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/02/benefits-professional-staff-librarians-academic-staff-20230701_a11y.pdf )

As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem-solving skills, and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.

UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits, and natural beauty.

The Department of Oral Health Sciences has an outstanding opportunity for a Research Coordinator to join their team.

The Department of Oral Health Sciences (OHS) brings together faculty from different ends of the dental and oral health research spectrum into a single department that has expertise ranging from the modern experimental life sciences through the public health and behavioral sciences. OHS has the goal of improving the oral and general health and well-being of our diverse global population through research, teaching and service. OHS has a broadly defined mission that accommodates diverse faculty interests and expertise. At present, OHS enjoys faculty expertise in areas including anatomy, biochemistry, molecular biology, microbiology, biostatistics, epidemiology, behavioral science (basic and applied), public health, dental hygiene, education, law, medicine, and clinical dentistry including faculty members with specialty training in periodontics, orthodontics, and oral medicine. OHS also sponsors the School of Dentistry’s only PhD program as well as the combined DDS-PhD program and the Masters of Science program for Dental Hygiene. Our graduate programs provide advanced interdisciplinary training for graduate students to enable them to become academic and research leaders in the dental and craniofacial sciences, and to contribute to improved understanding of human oral and systemic health and disease. OHS is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion and to providing an environment where every employee feels welcomed, valued and appreciated.

POSITION PURPOSE

The Research Coordinator will help coordinate research activities of our lab that focuses on oral health inequities research. This job requires the position holder to help coordinate the activities of several funded projects, at the initial stages of study launch and data collection, as well as assist with dissemination of study findings. Part of the job will involve working on site (e.g., Alaska Native communities, rural communities in Washington state), which requires the ability to be away from home for many weeks at a time, the ability to carry heavy equipment (e.g., 50 pounds), driving a vehicle, and living in rough conditions that exist in study communities (e.g., sleeping on floor, no running water).This position will help our lab produce new knowledge that is in line with the mission of the UW as a scientific leader

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate pre-launch activities, including drafting study documents (e.g., recruitment, consent, assent, information forms, study advertisements, social media posts). • Coordinate launch activities, including preparing data collection protocols, case report forms, and other forms (e.g., paper, REDCap, clinical data forms, surveys). • Coordinate data collection activities (e.g., scheduling data collection dates, coordinating schedules of staff who are participants, coordinating transportation). • Manage, analyze, and disseminate data. • Other administrative responsibilities, including preparing reports for funders, tracking volunteer activities and hours, scheduling meetings and other lab gatherings, managing supplies, managing the lab website and social media sits, and other miscellaneous activities.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree with at least one year of experience with public health and community • Equivalent experience can be substituted for degree requirement

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Public health and community-based research focusing on vulnerable populations, data management and analyses (quantitative and qualitative) and social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, etc.).

Application Process: The application process may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process. These assessments may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others. Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are access ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.