CURI Academic Year Student Researcher Miller
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Job Location:
Northfield, OH - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 11 - 12
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: CURI Academic Year Student Researcher
Classification:Student Employee (non-exempt)
Name and Address of Employer:St. Olaf College 1520 St. Olaf Ave Northfield MN 55057
If the position requires the student to work off campus provide the name and address here:
Department Name: CURI
Unit Number (5 digits): 16118
Length of Position:See Employment Authorization
Contact Person/Supervisor:Faculty advisor
Wage Range: $11.75-12.75
Description of the Position: (Purpose of the Position): Students work together with a faculty member on scholarly or artistic projects.
Project Title: How Creatine Influences Health Markers Across the Menopausal Spectrum
Faculty Mentor:Jenny Miller
Project Description: Are you interested in conducting a human subject research project which aims to explore the effects of Creatine Monohydrate on performance body composition cognitive function cortisol levels estrogen levels menopause symptoms and sleep of females in perimenopause and postmenopause based on activity level. If so this this project will involves the completion of 12 subjects in phase two dissemination of data including the analysis of the data collected. It is required to have advanced experience with R specifically ANOVA t-tests Shapiro-Wilk test an Eta squared test and a Wilcoxon test. Additionally experience running hormonal assays is required. You will be tasked with completing assays of cortisol and estrogen assays in a biology laboratory and analyzing the data. The dissemination goal will be to contribute to a manuscript that will be peer-reviewed and published in a health sciences or physiology journal.
Transferable Skills: Research and presentations.
Duties and Responsibilities:Each project has its own timing (number of hours per week and number of weeks) as determined by the individual faculty mentor. See theCURI Digital Olaf databasefor individual project descriptions and details.
Qualifications: (Education/Experience/Skills) A student interested in applying for the CURI academic year program must be enrolled as an on-campus St. Olaf student. There is no GPA requirement that must be met in order to apply for the program but a students academic record will be considered during the selection process. Skills are dependent on individual projects.
If you dont have a work award and select No to the application questions your application will be automatically rejected by the system. If you apply and are rejected please contact Erin Eltonga to resolve this for you.
This job description is for general information purposes. It is not intended to list all duties and responsibilities of the job description is subject to change at any time by St. Olaf College with or without prior notice.
Key Skills
- Intelligence Community Experience
- Python
- Spss
- Microsoft Word
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Windows
- Stata
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Data Modeling
- Writing Skills
