Research Assistant, Organization: The New York Botanical Garden, Location: Bronx, NY, Country: United States, Sector: Non-Profit, Position Level: None Specified, Education Requirement: 2-Year Degree, Position Type: Full Time Temporary

Description: This is a one year grant-funded position. The Research Assistant will assist in conducting ethno medical research with the Latino and Caribbean communities in New York City. He/she will:

Specific Duties & Responsibilities: • Recruits participants from Dominican, Puerto Rico, Mexican and Jamaican communities in New York City for interviewing

• Helps design, conduct, and transcribe ethno medical interviews

• Expands and curates urban herbal remedy collection

• Assists in botanical identification of herbal remedies

• Designs data entry spreadsheets and databases in Microsoft Excel and Access

• Enters and analyzes research data

• Conducts biomedical literature searches and reports information to supervisor

Qualifications: • Associates Degree in Plant Biology, Anthropology, Public Health or related field

• Must be fluent in reading, speaking and writing Spanish

• Experience with ethno medical research, including recruitment of subjects and interviewing as well as plant identification preferred

• Familiarity with qualitative and quantitative analysis of research data, statistical analysis software (such as SPSS or R) a plus

• Must possess ability to conduct biomedical literature searches, comprehend and summarize scientific literature for content

• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Access necessary

• Ability to work independently

Please indicate Research Assistant, SC-1736 on cover letter and e-mail along with a resume

Send a resume to: hr@nybg.org