FW: Position in NYC available for sociologist

This position at the CVAR=
project may be of interest to sociologists with a strong knowledge of long=
itudinal data analysis & multilevel modeling. Susan Bell

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Position
Title:  Principal Research Associate

Level:  Grade 15=

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Project: The Community Vulnerability and Response to PWID-rel=
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HIV (CVAR) & Metropolitan Trajectories of HIV Epidemics & Response=
s in US Key Populations (MetroEpi)

Location:  71 West 23rd Street, NY, NY

APPLY TO: Barbara Tempalski, PhD, MPH at
tempalski@ndri.org

The CVAR project has been =
a major intellectual contributor to our understanding of how macro-level po=
licy, social, demographic and economic forces shape the
HIV epidemic and related services among people who inject drugs (PWID) in =
the United States. This is a longitudinal study of 96 US metropolitan stati=
stical areas (MSAs) investigating the determinants of changes in: 1) number=
s PWID; 2) HIV prevalence and AIDS-related
mortality within the PWID; 3) syringe exchange, drug abuse treatment and o=
ther services; and 4) racial/ethnic and gender disparities in these indicat=
ors. 

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

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Assist at creating MSA-level annual estima=
tes of key variables for each KP and KP subgroup (defined by race/ethnicity=
, age, and, for heterosexuals and PWID, gender) using
a variety of standard regression-based techniques.

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Conduct analyses including longitudinal da=
ta analysis, multilevel modeling, as well as standard regression-based meth=
ods.

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Formulation of research questions, hypothe=
ses, theories, or models for empirical testing using existing data sets.

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Study assesses MSA-level dynamics and ofte=
n relies on aggregated county-level data or on other population-level data =
that must be aggregated and analyzed. Essential data tasks
include:

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Identify secondary data from sources like =
the US Census, the Centers for Disease Control, and other sources of econom=
ic, social, political, criminal justice, and population-level
health data.

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Integrate data collected at various levels=
of analysis into datasets at the MSA-level.

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Process and integrate diverse data and thi=
nkcreatively about new sources of potential data.

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Must be cognizant of changes in data colle=
ction as well as MSA-level boundaries over time and how these may affect th=
e data.

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Quality control: Analyze data quality and =
integrity using SAS including running basic statistics. Identify data quali=
ty problems and potential problems. Solve these problems.

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Update and maintain project meta-data file=
s. These documents track and describe the characteristics of the data, stag=
es of data processing, and variable definitions.

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Communicate with project team concerning d=
ata-related issues.

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Write and contribute to:

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Scientific papers

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Professional presentations

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Grant proposals

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Project reports

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Perform other related tasks as required