Department: UIC Department of Pediatrics
Position Title: Research Assistant
Description: Applications are welcome for candidates interested in parent-child interactions and impact of enhancing parenting behaviors to promote early child development. Research assistants will deliver a brief parent-directed intervention to parents while they wait for their child to be seen by his/her pediatrician at the University of Illinois Outpatient Care Clinic (1801 W. Taylor). Other responsibilities include assisting with recruitment, ordering supplies and intervention materials, management of study data, conducting phone assessments, scoring data entry of assessments, and other project-related activities as requested. Research assistants will gain experience in: (a) practice-based research involving parent-child communication in pediatric settings and patient outcomes and (b) manuscript writing.
Requirements: Completion of undergraduate degree and a strong interest in early childhood development and/or pursuing an advanced degree from a program in psychology, public health, social work or medicine.
Qualifications/Experience: Preferred experience working with parents and children ages 2-24 months
Application Instructions: Please email your CV and statement of interest to Reshma Shah, MD (reshmamd@uic.edu)
Start Date: Flexible, preferably May or June 2016.
Hiring Range: $20.60/hour
