Job Information
University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill Post-Doc Research Associate - Dr. Carpenter's lab in NC-Chapel-Hill, United States
Vacancy ID: PDS004234
Position Summary/Description:
This 2-year position is 100% grant funded and is located within the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy with flexibility to work from the Asheville or Chapel Hill campus. The postdoc will assist Dr. Carpenter with management and logistics of a recently funded NIH grant. The grant will involve developing a comprehensive measure of naloxone availability and investigating racial and geographic disparities in naloxone access. Tasks include: (1) assisting with primary and secondary data analysis; (2) assisting with audit and survey data collection efforts; (3) helping to train and supervise students involved with the phone audit; (4) attending monthly staff meetings and taking meeting minutes, (5) keeping updated information regarding the study’s phone audit of naloxone sales at NC community pharmacies, (6) creating quantitative study databases, (7) assisting with manuscript and progress report writing; and (8) assisting with the IRB submission and registration on clinicaltrials.gov.
Education and Experience:
a track-record and passion for reducing disparities in opioid overdose deaths
previous experience with secondary data analysis, particularly Medicaid data
previous experience with IRB submissions
excellent written communication skills
previous database management experience