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Employment Opportunities
Senior Health Education Specialist
National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service
The National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service is recruiting for a Sr. Health Education Specialist. The position's primary functions are to consult with community-based and professional organizations to provide public health expertise and technical assistance for cancer control programs; designs and delivers training for health professionals using evidence based strategies; and monitors and evaluates programs for their effectiveness and quality.
Applicants can apply on-line through the M. D. Anderson Web site at http://www.mdanderson.org/about_mda/careers/ and send your resumes to Ginny Thompson, MPH, CHES at gthompson@mdanderson.org.
Research Assistant
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is currently seeking a Research Assistant. As an integral member of the research team and in compliance with all regulatory, institutional, and departmental requirements, you will perform data collection, entry and analysis for research projects, databases, and three particular research protocols within MSKCC. You will ensure data quality and integrity during each phase of data collection and for each protocol assigned. Requires a high school diploma with a minimum of 1 year experience in a clinical trial/investigative studies function or with data analysis and maintenance. Medical terminology and an interest in science is helpful. This position requires the incumbent to complete tasks of moderate to standard difficulty under limited supervision and/or to assist more senior research staff in working on more difficult assignments. You must also be detail-oriented, highly organized, and motivated to learn. A Bachelor's degree is preferred. They offer an excellent salary and comprehensive benefits, including tuition reimbursement. For immediate consideration, please apply online at mskcc.org. Ref: 014861.
Harlem Community & Academic Partnership Seeks Project Manager
New York Academy of Medicine
The New York Academy of Medicine is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that positively transforms the health of people living in cities. We approach our mission through research, education, community engagement and policy advocacy. Our special focus is New York, our home, but our work is national and global in scope and importance. We are a universally respected and responsive source of knowledge and a trusted partner for action with individuals and organizations who share our purpose. The Harlem Community & Academic Partnership (HCAP)/Center for Urban Epidemiologic Studies (CUES) has an opening for a motivated self-starter with a background and strong interest in community health and public health research and experience managing and creating websites. This person will work as part of a larger team on managing efforts of the HCAP, and approximately 50% of time will be spent managing the Harlem Resource Guide (HRG) website. This position will report to HCAP including its Chair and Principal Investigator.
Qualified candidates should send their resume or CV, cover letter, and examples of websites you've worked on by email to: hr@nyam.org. Please include "Project Manager" in your email subject heading.
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Professor of Health Education
San Francisco State University
Department of Health Education
The Department of Health Education at San Francisco State University is searching for a Health Equity Initiative (HEI) Professor of Health Education at the Associate or Full Professor level. The HEI Professor of Health Education will join a multi-disciplinary team to lead HEI activities within the College of Health and Human Services (CHHS), and coordinate HEI activities with other Colleges at SFSU. In cooperation with the HEI Director, Dr. Cynthia Gomez, the HEI Professor of Health Education will collaborate with two other HEI Professor (one in Sociology and one in Biology) to enchance the capacity of the SFSU faculty, staff, and students to obtain extrmural funds to address existing health disparities through interdisciplinary research, community interventions, curricular offerings and training programs. The HEI Professor of Health Educaiton will also provide research leadership within CHHS.
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Assistant Professor Positions (Tenure-Track)
Department of Health Studies
Texas Woman’s University (Fall 2008)
These two positions have a variety of graduate and undergraduate health education courses, including online classes; student advising and guiding graduate student work on papers, theses, and dissertations; involvement in research, scholarly publications, and professional service. Preferred teaching areas include but are not limited to worksite health, biostatistics, health policy, and/or public health. The positions are available August 15, 2008. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. Send letter of application; professional vita; transcripts; and the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of at least three references specific to this position to: facultyjobs@twu.edu (E-mail Header or Subject line must include job title and job code number). Website: www.twu.edu/hs/hs. Inquires about the position may be made by contacting Dr. Roger Shipley at 940 898 2840 or rshipley@twu.edu.
Assistant Professor, Health Studies, code 7NF054
Assistant Professor, Health Studies, code 7NF055
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Trainer Position
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Alaska Native Epidemiology Center
An epidemiologist in Alaska, working for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consourtium, is seeking a trainer to come to Alaska to help them with a new community-based project focused on enhancing rural and remote programs that address health disparities among the Alaska Native people. It is not exactly a research project, but rather a project that hopes to assist communities enhance their health oriented programs by providing training and technical assistance in research skills, program evaluation, grant writing, etc. A trainer would have to be flexible and really help the staff of this project brainstorm and figure out a way to use the principles of community-based participatory research to structure their activities.
For more information, contact Melissa Toffolon-Weiss at mmtoffolonweiss@anmc.org.
Research Coordinator
The Center for Asian Health
Philadelphia, PA
The Center for Asian Health (CAH) is seeking an qualified individual to fill the position of Research Coordinator at the Center. The Research Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating and monitoring the implementation of research projects, ensuring that projects achieve their goals and objectives in a timely manner. The Research Coordinator will also assist in grant writing, data analyses, manuscript and report preparation, supervise project staff and graduate students, and have liaison responsibilities with CAH partners.
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