EMPOWER - Harvard Student Research Assistant Positions
The EMPOWER project, a not-for-profit effort of the GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard Initiative has multiple open student research assistant positions. For these two positions, applicants must be current Harvard undergraduate or graduate students. Harvard Students can apply on the Student Employment Office website using the job ID#s below. Please be sure to submit a cover letter and writing sample with your resume when applying.
- Research Assistant - Overall EMPOWER project: ID# 17493
- This position supports a range of responsibilities related to the EMPOWER project and development of the digital training program for frontline health workers in the United States. The student RA will primarily report to the HMS faculty project leads for EMPOWER in addition to working closely with the Program Coordinator for the EMPOWER project and the faculty and staff members of the EMPOWER Management Team and implementation sites.
- Research Assistant - Mental Health Landscape Analysis: ID# 17478
- For this position, the student research assistant will contribute to the planning and leading the landscape analysis activities. This will include conducting literature reviews, organizing and collecting surveys with stakeholders, and coordinating qualitative interviews with stakeholders.
Harvard T.H. Chan Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness:
- Graduate Students & Early Career Seed Grant Funding: A limited number of awards will be granted for up to $5,000 and can be used to cover research-related expenses. The grant is open to all Harvard graduate students (master’s and doctoral) and early career researchers (postdoctoral fellows, research associates, and research scientists) who are within five years of obtaining a PhD. Applications are due Friday, May 14, 2021.
- 1-3 Post-Doc Positions in emotional well-being : The Center for Health and Happiness is currently seeking 1-3 postdocs for a three-site collaboration focused on emotional well-being. The postdoc(s) will sit at UCSF, UC Berkeley, or Harvard, depending on research fit. Applications are due May 14. Recruiting one to three highly skilled and motivated individuals to join our NIH funded, collaborative 4-year project: Advancing Psychosocial & Biobehavioral Approaches to Improve Emotional Well-Being (EWB).The project aims to both catalyze and promote consensus and synergy across multiple and varied approaches to the science of EWB. We are a three site collaborative group: UCSF (Elissa Epel, Wendy Berry Mendes, Alexandra Crosswell, Aric Prather), the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at Harvard (Laura Kubzansky), and UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center (Dacher Keltner, Emiliana Simon-Thomas).
PIH Cross-Site Mental Health Coordinator
The Partners In Health (PIH) Cross-Site Mental Health Coordinator will be responsible for coordination and administration for the PIH Mental Health team on mental health program implementation across sites; training and curriculum development; communications; monitoring and evaluation; and partnerships both within and outside PIH as appropriate. The ideal candidate for this position will have a strong administrative or program management background; an interest or background in the field of global mental health; experience living and working in resource-limited settings; the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks to produce high quality outcomes; comfort with collaborating with culturally diverse colleagues; and basic familiarity with monitoring, evaluation, and learning principles. The Coordinator will report to the Senior Mental Health Program & Partnerships Officer. This is a full-time position based in Boston.
Post-Doctoral Fellow: Community Psychiatry PRIDE, MGH
Community Psychiatry PRIDE is currently accepting applications for a one-year postdoctoral fellowship position (renewable for a second year). The postdoctoral fellow will work closely with Soo Jeong Youn, PhD, and Luana Marques, PhD, on several dissemination and implementation projects focused on training and coaching paraprofessionals in the delivery of an evidence-based intervention to address the social emotional needs of at-risk youth. The projects include the collection and analyses of quantitative and qualitative data for program evaluation and research focused on evaluating implementation and clinical outcomes.
Research Program on Children and Adversity
For more details, please see the detailed descriptions at the links below or contact RPCA’s Administrative Manager, Tesla Abrego (abregot@bc.edu).
- Research Scientist (Boston): Ph.D. or equivalent in Implementation Science, Psychology, Public Health, or related fields required; Expert knowledge of implementation science, intervention research, randomized controlled trials, cluster-randomized trials, and mixed methods preferred.
- Data Manager (Boston): Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Econometrics, Public Health, or other relevant fields preferred. Highly-qualified MA considered. Experience with mixed methods, data imputation, multilevel modeling, psychometric analysis, and item-response theory. To apply, please submit a CV and cover letter to abregot@bc.edu
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- Administrative Assistant (Boston): BA/BS degree in Public Health, Psychology, Political Science, International Studies, or related fields preferred. Experience with administration, operations, and communications. Seeking highly organized self-starter capable of working in a fast-paced environment. To apply, please send resume and cover letter to abregot@bc.edu.
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