Rice360 Global Health Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
Rice360 Global Health Post-Baccalaureate Fellow
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Special Instructions to Applicants:
All interested applicants should attach a resume in the Supporting Documents section of the application preferably in a PDF format to avoid any formatting issues.
About Rice:
Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston Rice University is ranked among the nations top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. Rice has a 6-to-1 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio and a residential college system which supports students intellectually emotionally and culturally through social events intramural sports student plays lectures series courses and student government. Developing close-knit diverse college communities is a strong campus tradition which is why Rice is highly ranked for best quality of life and best value among private universities.
Rice is also a wonderful place to work. Rice faculty staff and students share values that are essential to our success as a healthy community. Those values guide our decisions and behaviors and shape Rices culture. They come through in the way we treat each other and the welcome we extend to our visitors. These values can be recalled simply by our name RICE Responsibility Integrity Community and Excellence.
Position Summary:
The Rice360 Institute for Global Health Technologies (Rice360) a multidisciplinary institute at Rice University is a leader in global health technology education research and implementation with a distinctive focus on experiential and problem-based learning. Rice360 develops highly effective low-cost healthcare solutions addressing critical healthcare needs in underserved communities and educates a cadre of future leaders to continue to innovate and implement solutions. Rice360 offers a number of award-winning experiential education programs including a Global Health Technologies Minor international internships and Global Health Technologies post-baccalaureate fellowships. Program participants engage directly in the design fabrication evaluation deployment and global scaling of innovative new technologies.
Rice360 works closely with partners in underserved communities throughout the world including low- and middle-income countries and the United States. Rice360 is the lead institution for the Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360) program. The NEST360 alliance is working with African governments to transform hospital newborn care by installing a bundle of rugged devices educating clinicians to use the devices and biomedical engineers to maintain them and implementing locally owned data dashboards to drive uptake and quality.
The Global Health Post-Baccalaureate Fellow works in the development of low-cost healthcare technologies designed by Rice360 and is primarily responsible for supporting research by conducting basic research and prototype development collecting data performing basic statistical analysis proofreading and editing published written work and drafting abstracts articles reports and other publications. In addition they assist in project management responsibilities and ensure comprehensive documentation for project longevity. Together with the Director of Technology Development the Global Health Post-Baccalaureate Fellow will assist in developing new technologies and will interact extensively with clinicians and other external stakeholders for the implementation and improvement of Rice360 products.
The ideal candidate should have engineering skills and experience in developing medical technology for sustainable use in low- or under-resourced settings preferably sub-Saharan Africa as well as experience in rapid prototyping and design iteration human factors and/or design for manufacture. Demonstrated ability for effective project management in an organized detailed and collaborative manner is also important.
Workplace Requirements:
This is a full-time position (MondayFriday 8 a.m.5 p.m.) based in Houston TX with occasional early morning evening or weekend work required to accommodate time zone differences for important meetings with teams across sub-Saharan Africa the U.S. and the Rice policy 440work arrangements may be subject to change.
This is a one-year term-limited position. This position is funded by a grant soft and/or restricted funds. Continued employment is contingent upon ongoing need and the renewal of funding.
Hiring Range:$42500$45000/year contingent upon qualifications and experience. *Exempt (salaried) positions underFLSA are not eligible for overtime.
Minimum Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in engineering or physical sciences preferably in bioengineering/biomedical engineering
- 1 years of related experience (can be gained during education or internship) in developing biomedical engineering technologies and/or in the healthcare field
- In lieu of the experience requirement additional related education above and beyond what is required on an equivalent year-for-year basis may be substituted
Skills:
- Knowledge of software statistical packages such as Stata SAS R or HLM
- Good analytical and research skills
- Ability to build reports
- Good verbal and written communication skills including proofreading
- Good presentation skills
Preferences:
- Demonstrated interest in global health technology development
- Experience developing technology for low- or under-resourced settings preferably sub-Saharan Africa
- Experience working in low-resource settings or with non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
- Experience working in an institution of higher education
- Experience working in a highly collaborative and multicultural environment
- Knowledge of global health challenges and best practices
- Knowledge of CAD and related software such as SolidWorks or Fusion 360
- Ability to write proofread and follow protocols
- Ability to work under deadline with flexibility tact good judgment discretion and initiative
- Demonstrated sensitivity to low-resource settings
- Demonstrates Rice360 Core Values: Innovation Equity Community Integrity Accountability Empowerment and Transformation
Essential Functions:
- Participates in the design planning and implementation of research projects and data analysis
- Identifies locates and obtains data/information
- Utilizes statistical software to quantify data
- Builds automated reporting solutions
- Manipulates and cleans up data
- Completes data entry and analysis
- Reports research findings
- Ensures information presented is valid and accurate
- Develops presentations and reports
- Performs all other duties as assigned
Additional Functions:
- Designs and develops affordable high-performance clinical technologies for sustainable use in low-resource settings
- Engages in rapid prototyping and design iteration to improve upon existing technology
- Considers human factors usability design for manufacture and relevant regulatory standards
- Employs project management best practices and maintains comprehensive documentation to progress technology development manage deadlines and reach project milestones
- Collects data and performs data analysis to inform project decisions and aid in reporting
- Reports research findings through formal and informal communication of technical results via presentations and reports to project teams and organizational leaders
- Works with external partners to advance technologies toward commercialization
- Contributes to the Rice360 education ecosystem through undergraduate mentorship and promotion of Rice360 programs
Rice University HR Benefits: Mission and Values:Mission and Values Rice University
Rice University is committed to ensuring Equal Employment Opportunity and welcoming the fullness of diversity into our candidate pools. Rice considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race color religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity national or ethnic origin genetic information disability or protected veteran status. Rice also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. If an applicant requires a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please contact Rice Universitys Disability Resource Center at or for support.
If you have any additional questions please email us at Thank you for your interest in employment with Rice University.
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full-Time
