Research Analyst

This position is based in Los Angeles, CA and requires international travel to locations where the UCLA-DRC Research group is conducting several studies on emerging infectious diseases and vaccine preventable diseases, including but not limited to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Peru, Indonesia, and Turkey. Research Data Analyst 3 (RDA3) will coordinate and manage research activities including project planning implementation, and evaluation as well as manuscript preparation. The RDA3 is the senior research staff member based in the U.S. and is responsible for overseeing U.S. based subcontracts and their research assistant staff as well as supervising graduate student workers. He/She will be responsible for coordinating complex research projects that require coordination with multiple collaborating staff, sites and investigators. Specifically, he/she will lead the development of study protocols, questionnaires, guides and data collection forms and will help manage logistics for study implementation and data dissemination. The RDA3 will also coordinate regulatory aspects of research studies, including but not limited to the development, review and submission of Institutional Review Board and Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee applications for new studies as well as the revision and re-submission of documents for existing studies. He/She will collaborate with community groups, DRC-based-staff and research collaborators to implement study activities. These may include visits to potential study sites, leading training activities, and delivering presentations or participating in study meetings. He/She will represent the UCLA-DRC Research Program in the DRC and elsewhere and serve as a liaison with collaborating agencies, funders, and co-investigators. The RDA3's duties may include travel to remote and rural areas to participate in data collection. The RDA3 will lead analytic efforts on qualitative and quantitative data, prepare and deliver presentations, conduct literature reviews, write proposal content, and contribute to the development, editing and submission of manuscripts related to UCLA-DRC Research Program research. He/She will oversee project supply inventory for all research projects to ensure research materials are appropriately handled and distributed.