This Research Assistant (RA) will support an NIH-funded study to develop and pilot test a novel smartphone application to reduce marijuana and other substance use among juvenile court-involved, non-incarcerated adolescents. Activities include participant recruitment and retention; data collection, entry, and organization; managing participant payments; programming online surveys.
The RA will be required to travel off-site to complete in-person activities with participants, including at the Rhode Island Family Court (roughly 0.5 miles from the School of Public Health).
The RA is expected to collaborate with project staff to generate and maintain data directories and other project documentation, conduct literature reviews as needed, and assemble materials for IRB modifications and progress reports.
RA’s are expected to work with several different populations, including adolescents involved in the juvenile justice system and their caregivers or legal guardians, as well as low-income and diverse populations. This job requires flexibility with regards to scheduling, in order to accommodate adolescent availability (i.e., must be willing to work some afternoons/early evenings on a weekly basis).