Research Assistant I Map Centre for Urban Health - Toronto, Canada - St. Michael's Hospital

St. Michael's Hospital

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

The MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions is currently looking for a
Research Assistant I to support project related to promoting health equity or fairness in health outcomes.

The research team is lead by Dr Nav Persaud, Scientist and Staff Physician and Canada Research Chair in Health Justice.

Topics include equitable access to essential medicines, access to healthy foods and other ways to promote equity or fairness in health.

Tasks may include collecting and recording data, limited processing of data, and screening of study participants and data abstraction.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Conduct literature searches
Collect, transcribe and enter study related data
Maintain, prepare and update website material
Assist in the preparation of manuscripts for submission to journals
Assist in the preparation of grant proposal to funding bodies
Organize and support meetings

Qualifications:

Experience working with people who have experienced disadvantages such as racism and sexism
Experience in the preparation of grant proposal to funding bodies
Excellent verbal and written communication
Excellent interpersonal skills
Basic computer skills, particularly database, spreadsheet and word processing
Demonstrated knowledge of medical and scientific terminology
Experience in the preparation of manuscripts for submission to journals

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