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WHAT WE ARE SEEKING IN CANDIDATES:

Desired Characteristics
We encourage applications from self starters that have the ability to manage time effectively and design the critical pieces of a project (with guidance) and appropriate milestones. Participants are required to plan and manage the work flow to achieve established milestones. They also must effectively problem solve on-the-fly, anticipate problems early, pay close attention to detail, and identify errors. Successful participants will function well working independently yet be able to work collaboratively with a team, and execute on a project through to completion. All applicants should have an interest in impacting healthcare in one of the JAL Foundation focus areas and a desire to publish in a scholarly journal.

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Responsibilities
Participants are charged with driving protocol/project design, management, and execution in line with established objectives and time lines. Status updates will be required weekly or in some cases every other week. Work on some of these projects will include collecting data via manual data abstraction, surveys and interviews. All projects will require the participant to i) assess what data needs to be collected; ii) collect the data; iii) carry out some form of statistical analysis on the data collected; iv) summarize the findings identified and their significance; and v) prepare a manuscript for submission to a scholarly journal (conforming to the editor's specifications) reporting the findings. Much of this work will be carried out on an independent basis in between project meetings with only very loose supervision. Participants will not be micro-managed and must be self driven and comfortable with working in this fashion. Those that will succeed must be able to walk the fine line of working on their own, yet have the ability to know when they are 'spinning their wheels' and need to reach out for guidance.

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Skills Required
Superior oral, written and analytical skills are a must. In addition, applicants should be comfortable with managing large complex data sets. Experience using Word, Excel, Access, SPSS, MySQL, Oracle, and Endnote is desirable, but not an absolute requirement. Familiarity with statistics is a plus. Many of the protocols will require interviewing skills so applicants should have excellent phone etiquette.

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Eligibility
This opportunity is open to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. Successful candidates must be able to commit to participation for at least three to four months to make this a meaningful experience.

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