Overview: The Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center (HIPRC) is one of nine CDC funded injury control centers, doing impactful injury and violence control work for over 30 years. A dynamic organization, the HIPRC aims to reduce the harm from injury and violence. There is a unique leadership opportunity to lead the HIPRC Research Core.

The Research Core Director oversees respective work aligned with HIPRC mission and vision through research, education, training and outreach, serves on the HIPRC leadership committee, and importantly provide strategic direction to the Research Core. The Research Core Director will be responsible for the overall management and leadership of the Research Core, partnering with the Administrative Core for oversight of the research projects, partnering with the Training Core to strengthen interdisciplinary relationships and practices, partnering with the Outreach Core to translate and disseminate research project findings. The Research Director ensures all projects adhere to regulatory and ethical standards, and evaluates outcomes of the Research Core. The Research Core Director oversees staff and faculty and work products delivered by the Research core. The Research Core Director oversees the work of the HIPRC staff who maintain, assess, and report on basic data regarding Research Core activities, including projects developed, projects funded, success in meeting timelines and deliverables of projects, and academic and community dissemination. The Research Core Director will be a core member of the HIPRC.

The HIPRC Director appoints the HIPRC Research Core Director. Appointments are made for a one-year term and renewed annually based on an annual review. Appointments can be renewed without term limit based on meeting or exceeding expectations as described below.

Eligibility: Have the qualifications (MD, PhD or MD/PhD), expertise and experience to be Research Core Director. The candidate should have strong quantitative methodological skills and demonstrated leadership as well as a strong interest, experience or desire to develop funded research portfolio in injury and violence. The candidate should have excellent communication skills.

Compensation: FTE commensurate with expertise and experience

Duties:

Ø Have a visible and engaged presence at HIPRC

Ø Convene monthly working meetings to advance the work of the research core

Ø Lead development of policies and procedures for the research core

Ø Regularly (average minimum of 50%) participate in weekly work-in progress sessions

Ø Perform annual evaluations of research core staff

Ø Provide oversight of CDC ICRC exploratory projects, and CDC Center grant

Ø Collaborate with Training Core and Outreach Core Directors

If interested, please submit a cover letter and CV to:

Monica S. Vavilala, MD

Director, HIPRC

Email: vavilala@uw.edu

The Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity (CERSE) at the University of Washington is seeking a graduate research assistant to assist with ongoing evaluation and research projects, primarily the assessment of the National Center for Women & Information Technology. CERSE conducts research, evaluation, and consulting on diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM fields. We are a highly collaborative team committed to increasing the participation of people from systemically marginalized groups in STEM education and careers. Find out more about the CERSE at http://depts.washington.edu/cerse/

Ideally, the position will start as an hourly appointment for 20-40 hours in late summer 2021 so that the candidate can train with the current RA. The position will continue through the 2021-2022 academic year pending satisfactory work performance and grant funding availability. The RA will report to the Director of CERSE. Duties include the following:

 

Responsibilities:

· Contribute to high quality data collection, data management, and analysis;

· Manage assigned research and evaluation tasks, which may include coordinating with participating institutions, conducting literature reviews, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, and writing reports;

· Manage assigned data collection tasks, including creating and distributing surveys and compiling data from a number of stakeholder groups;

· Work collaboratively with CERSE staff on other related projects as needed;

· Maintain organized project files and coordinate with collaborators within and outside of CERSE;

 

Desired Qualifications:

· Excellent data analysis, writing, and oral communication skills;

· Excellent organization skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities;

· Experience using quantitative and qualitative methodologies to collect and analyze data (particularly regression analysis, conducting interviews, and telling stories with data);

· Experience using computer software to perform statistical analyses and data management (particularly SPSS and Stata)

· Ability to synthesize and integrate information from multiple data sources;

· Experience in effectively communicating research results to a wide variety of audiences;

· Commitment to furthering diversity, equity, and inclusion;

· Currently enrolled graduate student at the University of Washington. Preference will be given to candidates from related fields, such as: Sociology, Education, Statistics, Economics, Psychology, Gender Studies, and Anthropology

 

Required Qualifications:

· Currently enrolled graduate student at the University of Washington.

The academic year position includes standard GRSA salary, health insurance, and tuition remission.

 

To apply:

The application deadline is August 9, 2021 (11:59 PM PT). To apply, combine a detailed letter of interest and your resume or CV in a single PDF document with the file name [LastName][FirstName]_NCWIT (example: LitzlerLiz_NCWIT). Using the subject “NCWIT RA application”, please email your combined application materials to: Liz Litzler, Director, Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity, elitzler@uw.edu

 

 

Liz Litzler

Director and Affiliate Assistant Professor

Center for Evaluation & Research for STEM Equity

elitzler@uw.edu