德国海德堡全球卫生研究所(HIGH)青少年营养与健康方向博士后职位

德国海德堡全球卫生研究所(HIGH)青少年营养与健康方向博士后职位

Research Assistant At The Heidelberg Institute Of Global Health (M/F/D)

Heidelberg University Hospital

Description

Research Assistant at the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (m/f/d)

up to 85 hours per month - JobID: P0069V123

As soon as possible searched for the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health.

The position is initially limited to 1 year with option of further extension.

The Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH) seeks a candidate to undertake research related activities in the field of adolescent nutrition and health in Burkina Faso. The candidate will perform data analyses and write manuscripts for journal submission. The candidate can select from a range of topics, which include eating behaviours, dietary diversity and/or quality, BMI, iron deficiency, household SES, mental health (socio-emotional development, depression), among many others. Our adolescent nutrition project is part of a consortium of four other countries (Ethopia, Tanzania, South Africa, Sudan) and therefore cross-country analyses are possible.

The candidate must have experience in working with survey data and dietary/mental health scales. The candidate will be required to show formal statistics training (at least one semester) or have published at least two papers that demonstrate data analysis.

Tasks

  Literature search and review

  Writing code

  Cleaning and preparing data for analysis

  Perform descriptive statistics

  Perform regression models (under supervision if needed)

  Undertake data visualization

  Contribution to scientific publications (drafting, preparing figures, tables, references)

Required Qualifications

  Must have some coursework/training in statistics

  Good command of R, Stata, or Python (if you don't know what these are, you should not apply)

  Fluent in spoken and written English

  Diligence, reliability, and ability to work independently

  Eagerness to learn new skills

Contact & Application

Please do not hesitate to contact us via e-mail: alain.vandormael@uni- heidelberg.de (Dr Alain Vandormael) if you have any further questions.

Interested?

Please send us your application until 27.12.2020.

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg Heidelberg Institut for Global Health Alain Vandormael Im Neuenheimer Feld 370, Raum 06.311 69120 Heidelberg alain.vandormael@uni-heidelberg.de