Senior Research Associate

Title: Senior Research Associate

Location: Los Angeles CA

Assignment length: 3 months contract to hire role

Shift: 8:005:00 (Mon to Fri)

Some remote flexibility may be offered after 1 month on the job

Serve as a research associate for the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIRP). The purpose of the AIRP is to establish and maintain an interdisciplinary multicenter research platform for scientific collaboration and infrastructure building. The Research Network will provide national leadership in research to advance the evidence base on effective interventions for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities (ASD/DD) with a focus on addressing physical health and wellbeing across the lifespan.

Job Description:

Support and carry out a range of researchrelated duties including supporting recruitment and enrollment efforts; conducting surveys and interviews; implementing interventions and programs in accordance with research programming; carrying out project coordination tasks; and fulfilling other administrative duties. Roles and responsibilities will entail a combination of administrative and research activities.

Required Experience:

• Grants management experience. Specifically looking for a candidate with experience awarding distributing and keeping grantees accountable. Maintaining a grant program and its budget is also okay.
• Experience in Community Based Participatory Research or with the development of Community Advisory Boards
• Demonstrated experience/interest in coordinating research studies (recruitment screenings consents IRB applications)
• Experience working with big datasets (e.g. experience with STATA R or Python)
• PhD candidate or Masters level candidate with at least 5 years of research experience preferably related to disability/health equity/public health research

Preferred:

• Demonstrated experience/interest and/or commitment to autism research