The Thompson School of Social Work and Public Health at the University of Hawaii is looking to improve the alcohol and substance use system and prevention efforts within the state by analyzing data related to alcohol, substance use, and mental health indicators.
Requirements
- Experience with data collection procedures and analysis in these settings.
- Experience utilizing statistical and analytical software programs (e.g., R, SAS, SPSS, Stata, Tableau).
- Familiarity with the importance of the application of general research methods, statistics, data science, or research methodology related to substance use or mental health issues specifically.
- Knowledge of institutional review boards (IRBs), human subject protection, and regulatory requirements.
- Ability to prepare manuscript, presentations, reports, and other documents using Google Suite, Microsoft Office, R, and LaTeX.
- Ability to apply cultural literacy, cultural humility and cultural safety to research question formation and data analysis.
- Ability to be detail oriented.
Responsibilities
- Designs, implements, and manages analysis and reporting systems for alcohol, substance use, and mental health indicators with a focus on improving the alcohol and substance use system and prevention efforts within the state.
- Ensures appropriate data from various sources are acquired and utilized for analyses.
- Tasks will include the data cleaning and management, secondary data analysis, and evidence to inform the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of programs and policies related to alcohol and substance use systems.
- Communicates with external partners as needed for project purposes.
- Leads the planning, organizing, and coordination of meetings with pertinent stakeholders in multiple sectors including substance use, mental health, law enforcement, medical care, public health, social services, public safety, and housing.
- Develops, produces, and maintains materials for communication with stakeholders and plans, solicits, and makes presentations to stakeholders.
- Responsible for conducting literature reviews and writing reports and assisting in writing manuscripts.
Other
- Masters Degree from an accredited college or university in Epidemiology, Public Health, Data Science, Statistics, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, or related field.
- Two to four (2-4) years of experience in an academic or research setting in epidemiology, public health, research policy, EHR, healthcare, or another other aspects of applied social research.
- Good working understanding of systems of care and data for those systems of care, including one or more sectors such as: substance use, mental health, law enforcement, medical care, public health, public safety, social services, housing, or other related sectors.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication, writing, and interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to pass a post offer criminal background check.
