Position description and duties:

Under the supervision of Dr. Van Nghiem and Dr. Andrzej Kulczycki, this person will assist with the conduct of different aspects of a literature review that will contribute to the development of the data collection tools for our cervical cancer screening project in Alabama.

Duration: about 12 weeks starting mid or end of October

Standard hourly rate: $15/hour for ~20 hours/week

Responsibilities include:

• Conduct literature search on relevant topics on PUBMED and other relevant electronic databases
• Help with the review and critique of relevant literature on cervical cancer screening
• Help manage relevant data abstraction for the varies studies reviewed
• Help organize the data collection tools for a community-based cervical cancer screening project in Alabama
• No travel required
• No patient contact required

Required qualifications:

• An interest in studying and conducting research in public health, women’s health
• Experience in conducting literature searches with PubMed or any other scientific search engines (e.g., Web of Science, EMBASE); or a willingness and a good aptitude in learning this skill
• Detail-oriented
• Good writing skills

Interested applicants: by October 15th COB, please send your CV/resume (one of the two, not both) including 1-2 professional reference, a paragraph describing how the position fits you and a writing sample (500-1000 words on health or social topics; samples from class project are accepted) to: 1) Bethany Christolear (bethykay@uab.edu) and 2) Van Nghiem (nghiem@uab.edu). Thanks!