Graduate Research Assistant - CDC Overdose Data to Action for States (OD2A-S) up to 3 positions

Title: Graduate Research Assistant CDC Overdose Data to Action for States (OD2AS) up to 3 positions

Position Number: 0000GA11
Hiring Unit: Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health

Location: University of Hawaii at Manoa
Date Posted: May 16 2025
Closing Date: Continuous recruitment until positions are filled application review begins June 23 2025
Salary Information: Commensurate with qualifications and experience
Monthly Type: 11 Month
Full Time/Part Time: Part Time 50% Temporary Not to Exceed June 15 2026

Other Conditions:

Pending position clearance and availability of funds

Position renewable upon availability of funds program needs and satisfactory performance

Position to begin midtolate August or as soon thereafter as possible

Duties and Responsibilities

• Under the immediate supervision of the Principal Investigator (PI) and senior staff in partnership between the Hawaii Department of Healths (DOH) Alcohol and Drug Use Division (ADAD) and Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health assist with providing research support on projects addressing substance use within the state in order to disseminate state data in a userfriendly format
• Systematically search and summarize surveillance and epidemiological research literature on public health topics specifically related to substance use addiction morbidity mortality prevention and treatment
• Assist with data abstraction cleaning management coding and analyzing for large surveillance datasets e.g. emergency department (ED) visits hospitalization substance use and treatment
• Attend technical assistance (TA) training webinars take notes and summarize how the TA can contribute to the project
• Under guidance of the PI and other senior program staff perform quantitative and qualitative data analyses related to various populationlevel health indicators related to substance use
• Assist with the implementation of the project work plan and evaluation plan
• Support the development writing and formatting of abstracts manuscripts presentations and reports
• Present results graphically and in text to local stakeholder and funders for use in reports conference presentations and publications
• Attend weekly team meetings
• Other duties as assigned

• Classified fulltime graduate student in epidemiology public health psychology economics computer science social work public policy or related field at the University of Hawaii Manoa .
• Be in good academic standing and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or above
• Maintain no less than 6 credits per semester with the exception of those who have reached 800 (dissertation) or 700F (thesis)
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Experience with data presentation and data visualization
• Attention to detail for meeting milestones and deliverables in a timely manner
• Competency with Office Google features Zoom functions
• Proficient with statistical software e.g. R SPSS SAS Stata or Tableau

Desirable Qualifications

• A doctoral student at the University of Hawaii
• Familiarity with substance use research intervention and treatment research in substance use or prevention research through previous coursework and/or work experience
• Knowledge of epidemiology or statistics as evidenced by coursework and/or experience
• Experience with secondary data analyses
• Strong command of statistical software i.e. R SPSS SAS Stata or Tableau.
• Experiencewith applied research working in the community or volunteering
• Experience preparing research reports and/or scientific publications data presentations and data visualizations
• Previous experience with state or federally funded projects

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3. Names and contact information (including email addresses) of at least 3 professional references;
4. Official transcripts or equivalent documents from the institution confirming the highest educational degree relevant to this position (copies acceptable official originals required upon hire).

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Michael Phillips Principal Investigator

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