[ECPN] Research Scientist Position at the University of Washington

[Sabrina Oesterle]

Research Scientist (100%)

Social Development Research Group

School of Social Work

University of Washington

 

The Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the University of Washington
is seeking a Research Scientist to work on the Community Youth Development
Study, a randomized controlled trial of the Communities That Care (CTC)
prevention system in 24 communities funded by the National Institute on Drug
Abuse and several other federal agencies. The five-year Community Youth
Development Study (CYDS) is a continuation of a prior efficacy trial during
which CTC was implemented in 12 intervention communities. The continuation
study assesses the long-term effects of CTC on community prevention service
systems and on adolescent risk and problem behaviors for 4 years following
the end of resources provided by the efficacy trial. An important focus of
this study is the sustainability of community prevention coalitions and
their effect on prevention service systems transformation.

The Research Scientist will work in a collegial setting as a member of the
analysis team on the CYDS project under the supervision of the projects'
principal investigator, J. David Hawkins.  SDRG is a multi-disciplinary
group of more than 60 researchers and staff members led by Dr. Richard F.
Catalano, working to increase understanding of social development and health
risk behavior during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood and to use
this knowledge to develop effective prevention programs, policies and
service systems.  More information about SDRG is available on the web at
www.sdrg.org <http://www.sdrg.org/>  

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

*        Design and execute multi-level analyses of complex, community-level
research questions regarding

o       changes in community prevention service systems, 

o       the sustainability and effect of a community prevention system on
community- and individual-level adolescent risk and protective factors,
substance use, and related youth problem behaviors, and

o       the relationships between community prevention system
characteristics and epidemiological and longitudinal measures of adolescent
drug use and related outcomes.

*        Conduct analyses using advanced statistical analysis techniques,
including multilevel modeling, growth curve modeling, survival analysis,
structural equation modeling, and multiple imputation analysis.

*        Prepare large complex datasets for analysis.

*        Lead and collaborate on analysis and writing teams in the
preparation of peer-reviewed articles.

*        Contribute to the conceptualization, development, and preparation
of project reports, scholarly publications, presentations, and grant
proposals. 

*        Present project findings to federal, state, and community groups
and agencies planning and providing substance abuse prevention services, and
to prevention scientists.

 

REQUIREMENTS:

 

*        Doctorate in social work, sociology, psychology, public health,
epidemiology, biostatistics, or related field, or a Master's degree and
three years equivalent experience.

*        Strong written and oral communication skills and ability to write
for publication in peer-reviewed, scientific journals.

*        Strong analytical background, including experience with advanced
longitudinal and epidemiological analysis techniques, such as hierarchical
linear modeling, structural equation modeling, missing data procedures, as
well as scale construction, and assessment of reliability and validity of
measures.

*        Experience with SPSS and SAS, HLM, or Mplus.

*        Experience working with large, complex epidemiological and/or
longitudinal datasets.

*        Experience working in and contributing to collaborative research
teams.

 

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

 

*        Familiarity with prevention science methods.

*        Knowledge of epidemiological and etiological research on substance
abuse, including data collection methods, prevalence estimation, and risk
and protective factors for adolescent alcohol and other drug abuse.

*        Experience with service systems research or studies of complex
organizations or community change.

Apply online at  <http://www.washington.edu/jobs/>
http://www.washington.edu/jobs/.  Req # 44367.

 

 

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Sabrina Oesterle, Ph.D.

Research Assistant Professor

Social Development Research Group

University of Washington

School of Social Work

9725 3rd Ave NE, Suite 401

Seattle, WA 98115

Phone: (206) 543-7187

Fax: (206) 543-4507

E-mail: soe at u.washington.edu

 <http://www.depts.washington.edu/sdrg/>
http://www.depts.washington.edu/sdrg/

 

 

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