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Job Title: Research Assistant - Scorching Circumstances

PVN ID: BA-2508-006995

Category: Research

Job Description

General Description

This study examines the relationships between occupation, extreme heat and health and disability outcomes throughout the lifecourse in the US. The project team seeks a research assistant(s) to work with interdisciplinary team on NIH-funded research project. This study uses restricted-access panel data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS) linked with multiple sources of tract-level extreme heat data and occupational characteristics to investigate whether heat-sensitive work modifies the link between extreme heat and health outcomes, focusing on self-rated health, functional limitations, and chronic conditions, with analyses controlling for sociodemographic factors. Furthermore, the study will examine whether heat-sensitive work influences the relationship between extreme heat and work disability outcomes, including self-reported work limitation and Supplemental Security Income/Social Security Disability Insurance (SSI/SSDI) claims. Research will include evaluation of competing measures of occupational and heat exposure to shed light on the scientific value of these measures and inform their use in future research and practice.

The research assistant will need to commit 10-19 hrs /week, and work through the academic year. This position includes the p ossibility for continuation into the summer and following academic year.

Other Duties

+ Prepare data for analysis, including linking multiple datasets

+ Conduct statistical analysis

+ Create publication ready tables and figures

+ Review relevant literature

+ Participate in the drafting of manuscripts

+ Attend weekly or biweekly team meetings (remote work ok, but occasionally in-person meetings will be required)

+ Present results in seminars and at professional meetings

+ Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

+ Current undergraduate or graduate student

+ Experience analyzing survey data, ideally longitudinal (or panel) data

+ Experience with data cleaning and linking datasets

+ Solid background in quantitative analysis

+ Competency in Stata or R statistical software

+ Familiarity with spatial data and software a plus

+ Ability to work independently as well as in teams

+ Advanced written and verbal communication skills

+ Ability to follow detailed instructions

+ Excellent attention to detail and advanced organizational skills

RFCUNY Benefits RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals (https://www.rfcuny.org/rfwebsite/media/0zrcgdyw/rfcuny-benefits-at-a-glance-ft-2025-project-employee.pdf)

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department CUNY Insitute for Demographic Research

Status Part Time

Pay Range $23.00-$25.00

Hour(s) a week 10.00-19.00

Closing Date Nov 01, 2025 (Or Until Filled)

Bargaining Unit No

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