Research Assistant

3 weeks ago

Vancouver, Canada University of British Columbia Full time

Staff - Union

Job Category

CUPE 116

Job Profile

CUPE 116 Salaried - Research Assistant /Technician 3

Job Title

Research Assistant

Department

Administration & Operations | Department of Educational and Counselling and Psychology, and Special Education | Faculty of Education

Compensation Range

$4,618.00 - $5,036.00 CAD Monthly

Posting End Date

August 14, 2023

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the Posting End Date above.

Job End Date

Aug 15, 2024

At UBC, we believe that attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce is key to the successful pursuit of excellence in research, innovation, and learning for all faculty, staff and students. Our commitment to employment equity helps achieve inclusion and fairness, brings rich diversity to UBC as a workplace, and creates the necessary conditions for a rewarding career.

Job Summary

The Healthy Families Laboratory is a research laboratory in the Department of ECPS at UBC. Under the direction of Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen (Associate Professor), our team aims to identify risk and protective factors associated with the intergenerational transmission of stress.

Pregnancy During the Pandemic (PdP): a longitudinal cohort study that launched in April 2020. Our goal is to understand how the COVID-19 pandemic affected the mental and physical wellbeing of pregnant individuals and their babies. Children born during the study are now toddlers and we are continuing to collect data on parent health and child development.

Sleep equity reimagined: An intersectional theoretical framework to optimize sleep health for all Canadians (2023-2027)

1. To conduct a series of priority-setting workshops with people with lived experience of sleep inequities, including Indigenous communities (2-3 years)

2. To conduct an intersectional analysis of our datasets, including Indigenous health perspectives (2-3 years)

4. To work collaboratively with public health agencies to improve data collection and surveillance related to sleep and influence public health policy that can optimize sleep health for all Canadians

Organizational Status

The Research Assistant will be supervised by and report to the Research Coordinator and Principal Investigator. In accordance with the UBC hybrid work guidelines, the position will offer a flexible workplace environment that includes both remote work and onsite work at UBC and may include some onsite work at the BC Women’s and Children’s Research Institute.

Work Performed

The Research Assistant will be responsible for the following tasks:

- Assist in running the daily operations of the Sleep Equity Reimagined and affiliated projects, including study progress and administrative tasks
- Perform research by reading and synthesizing literature
- Assist with preparing, writing, submitting, and revising materials for research ethics approval
- Maintain excellent professional relationships with patient partners and collaborators at other institutions
- Work collaboratively with members of the Healthy Families Lab, project partners and study teams
- May delegate tasks, train, and oversee work of project volunteers and support staff
- Contribute to lab, study coordination, and research team meetings
- Provide feedback to administrative management to help establish workflows and operational guidelines of the Sleep Equity Reimagined project
- Support participant recruitment, enrolment, and retention
- Perform data collection and management of survey data, including assisting with data cleaning and extraction
- Track, process, and analyze survey data
- Assist with content for knowledge translation (e.g., Healthy Families Lab website, social media accounts, participant newsletter)

Consequence of Error/Judgement

Training will be provided to ensure that the Research Assistant will have a strong understanding of the established lab and research protocols. Errors made could influence the ability of research team to meet deadlines, compromise the results of research projects, and relationships with participants, and therefore impact the credibility of the investigators and the lab.

The Research Assistant is required to conduct all research activities in an ethical manner and with adherence to the Tri-Council Policy Statement concerning Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS-2). Any procedures or data recorded as part of this research must be accurate and must accurately reflect the work performed. Strict confidentiality of all study participants must be adhered to. All activities involving participants are accountable to the Research Assistant, Principal Investigator, the Department Head, and the Research Assistant’s governing professional organization (if applicable).

Supervision Received

Most aspects of work will be done independently, while other aspects will be done under the supervision of the Principal Investigator. The Research Assistant will work closely with the Principal Investigator, project c

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