Job Description

This Research Assistant position requires multi-tasking to complete a variety of tasks in Wilmer?s Low Vision clinic. Responsibilities of this position include recruiting research participants, coordinating research schedules, assisting with data collection and management and writing papers. The position will also be involved in NIH funded projects.

Secondary responsibilities include running and writing reports and analyzing routine data. This position may use standard mathematical and statistical tools and computer programs to review data.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Data cleaning measures to ensure accuracy of data and preparation of tables.
• May lead small study efforts and develop processes for ensuring data collection can occur in effective and efficient manner.
• May conduct literature searches to support faculty in research efforts.
• Additionally, the Research Assistant has the opportunity to be lead or contributing author on conference presentations and publications.

• Bachelor's Degree in related discipline.

• Additional related experience may substitute for required education, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

• Prior experience in a clinical office setting.
• Strong interpersonal skills and work ethics.
• Strong multi-tasking and time management skills.
• Public speaking skills for research advocacy.
• Comfortable with interacting with patients and recruiting participants a day-to-day.
• Past research experience with human subjects is advantageous.

Classified Title: Research Assistant  
Role/Level/Range: ACRO40/E/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY (Commemsurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm 
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus 
Department name: ???????SOM Oph Low Vision  
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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