[Jobs] principal research associate, nyc

[Leora Lawton]

*Position Title*: * Principal Research Associate*


*Level*: Grade 15

*Salary*: $79,232

*Center/Institute*: Institute for Infectious Disease Research

*Project*: The Community Vulnerability and Response to PWID-related HIV
(CVAR) & Metropolitan Trajectories of HIV Epidemics & Responses in US Key
Populations (MetroEpi)

*Location*: 71 West 23rd Street, NY, NY

*APPLY TO*: Barbara Tempalski, PhD, MPH at tempalski at ndri.org

The CVAR project has been a major intellectual contributor to our
understanding of how macro-level policy, social, demographic and economic
forces shape the HIV epidemic and related services among people who inject
drugs (PWID) in the United States. This is a longitudinal study of 96 US
metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) investigating the determinants of
changes in: 1) numbers PWID; 2) HIV prevalence and AIDS-related mortality
within the PWID; 3) syringe exchange, drug abuse treatment and other
services; and 4) racial/ethnic and gender disparities in these indicators.

Much like CVAR, the Metropolitan Trajectories of HIV Epidemics & Responses
in US Key Populations project is a study of how epidemiologic,
programmatic, and policy factors are associated with US HIV/AIDS epidemics
and whether and how programs affect one another across three key
populations (KPs)—MSM, PWID, and heterosexuals. This longitudinal cohort
study of 96 MSAs will: 1) create MSA-level annual estimates of HIV/AIDS
epidemic outcomes for each KP and KP subgroup (defined by race/ethnicity,
age, and, for heterosexuals and PWID, gender), and of HIV/AIDS- related
program presence and coverage for these KPs and KP subgroups. It will also
describe how these epidemiologic and program variables vary across time and
MSAs. Using these epidemiologic and programmatic estimates, it will 2)
determine if and how HIV/AIDS epidemics in one KP affect and are affected
by epidemics in other KPs, both overall and across KP subgroups; and 3)
discover determinants of the presence and coverage of HIV/AIDS-related
program presence and coverage for each KP and KP subgroup.

*MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:*

· Assist at creating MSA-level annual estimates of key variables for each
KP and KP subgroup (defined by race/ethnicity, age, and, for heterosexuals
and PWID, gender) using a variety of standard regression-based techniques.

· Conduct analyses including longitudinal data analysis, multilevel
modeling, as well as standard regression-based methods.

· Formulation of research questions, hypotheses, theories, or models for
empirical testing using existing data sets.

· Study assesses MSA-level dynamics and often relies on aggregated
county-level data or on other population-level data that must be aggregated
and analyzed. Essential data tasks include:

· Identify secondary data from sources like the US Census, the Centers
for Disease Control, and other sources of economic, social, political,
criminal justice, and population-level health data.

· Integrate data collected at various levels of analysis into datasets at
the MSA-level.

· Process and integrate diverse data and think creatively about new
sources of potential data.

· Must be cognizant of changes in data collection as well as MSA-level
boundaries over time and how these may affect the data.

· Quality control: Analyze data quality and integrity using SAS including
running basic statistics. Identify data quality problems and potential
problems. Solve these problems.

· Update and maintain project meta-data files. These documents track and
describe the characteristics of the data, stages of data processing, and
variable definitions.

· Communicate with project team concerning data-related issues.

· Write and contribute to:

· Scientific papers

· Professional presentations

· Grant proposals

· Project reports

• Perform other related tasks as required

*REQUIREMENTS:*

Education/Experience: A doctorate in sociology, geography, population
studies, or other social science OR in a health related discipline, plus
one year+ of relevant experience working with large secondary data sets and
advanced statistics; or ABD and three years of relevant experience; or a
masters degree and five years of combined experience in data
management/data processing.

Proficiency in statistical software and programming language such as SAS
and SPSS. Experience with R is a plus.

*Other Qualifications: *

· A strong statistical background is essential for this position.

· Ability to think about health-related issues at the metropolitan area
level of analysis.

· Knowledge and/or interest in HIV/AIDS epidemiology, key populations,
and health services research.

· Working knowledge of geographic entities relating to metropolitan and
micropolitan statistical areas as defined by the U.S. Office of Management
and Budget (OMB)

· Working knowledge of national datasets related to HIV and/or drug use
research (US Census Housing and Population data, CDC AIDS case and HIV
Counseling and Testing Services data, Treatment Episode Data Set, Uniform
Crime Reports).

· Willingness to take responsibility in a team context, and learn new
skills.

· Ability to oversee a complex dataset with careful attention to detail
and data quality.

· Ability to effectively communicate both orally and in writing about
data and analysis issues.

-- 
Samuel R Friedman
Director, Institute of Infectious Disease Research,
National Development and Research Institutes
71 West 23d Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10010
USA
1 212 845 4467
Fax 1 917 438 0894
friedman at ndri.org


-- 
Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
350K Barrows Hall
(of) 510-643-1270
(m) 510-928-7572
www.popcenter.berkeley.edu
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