Volunteer research assistants wanted to assist with the University of California, San Francisco/San Francisco General Hospital Latino Mental Health Research Program activities
INVESTIGATORS: Ricardo F. Muñoz, Ph.D., Alinne Z. Barrera, Ph.D., Leandro Torres, Ph.D.
STIPEND: $1,000.00 commuting stipend (for the year) will be paid to all selected volunteers.
START DATE: July 1, 2008 (preferable) END DATE: June 30, 2009
REQUIRED:
- Research assistants must be willing and able to commit 12 scheduled hours per week. Scheduled hours include a mandatory weekly team meeting, which is currently scheduled on Thursday afternoons from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. The location, day, and time of shifts are flexible.
- Excellent verbal and written command of (preferably) both English and Spanish. Bilingual (Spanish/English) and bicultural individuals strongly encouraged to apply.
- Knowledge of simple statistics, some experience with statistical (SPSS) and spreadsheet (Excel) programs.
- Good attendance, and strong communication and interpersonal skills. Professional attention to detail including ability to process and organize numerical data is essential.
- Experience with Web development, including personal Websites, is desirable. We are particularly looking for individuals who want to help reduce health disparities globally combining psychology and technology (e.g., evidence-based Internet interventions).
- Resume and application (download from http://medschool.ucsf.edu/latino/) DEADLINE: May 29, 2008. Submit to the respective project contacts (listed below).
AVAILABLE POSITIONS:
Smoking Cessation Web Study (1 position) Contact Veronica Pitbladdo (veronica.pitbladdo@ucsf.edu)
- Assist in managing Spanish- and English-language participants via the Web.
- Assist with testing new site features and functionality in Spanish/English for a worldwide clinical trial. Over 36,000 participants from 170 countries have become official participants of earlier trials.
- Respond to email queries in English/Spanish. Generate data tables and reports from the study.
Depression Prevention Course (1 position) Contact Veronica Pitbladdo (veronica.pitbladdo@ucsf.edu)
- Assist in constructing and testing a Spanish/English Internet intervention designed to help people worldwide prevent depression by learning to manage their mood levels using cognitive-behavioral methods.
- Respond to email queries in English/Spanish.
- Generate data tables and reports from the study
Women and Depression Projects (1 position) Contact Alinne Barrera, Ph.D. (alinne.barrera@ucsf.edu)
- Assist with testing features and functionality of a prevention of postpartum depression Website.
- Monitor and manage a Web-based health survey.
- Assist as needed (e.g., recruitment, administration, etc.) with projects-in-development focused on depression treatment and prevention among Spanish-speaking women.
Depression Monitoring Project (1 position) Contact Leandro Torres, Ph.D. (leandro.torres@ucsf.edu)
- Assist with constructing and testing a Spanish/English Web-based depression monitoring/feedback tool for use with local and international patients seeking treatment for depression.
- Generate data tables and reports from associated studies. Assist in researching personalized web-based health monitoring systems, particularly those focused on depression.
- Generate data tables and reports from associated studies. Assist in researching personalized web-based health monitoring systems, particularly those focused on depression.
- Assist with a study of cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression in adolescents in Argentina.
To download application please click here
A project of the Latino Mental Health Research Program, UCSF Department of Psychiatry at San Francisco General Hospital, which is funded by the University of California Office of the President’s Committee on Latino Research, the Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, and the National Institute of Mental Health.
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