Research Assistant 1

at  McGill University

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EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

Minimum requirement: Masters Degree

Academic level: Minimum of master degree in dentistry or in a related field (e.g. health and social services, public health, social sciences).

• Demonstrate an interest in dental research
• Knowledge of various qualitative analysis methodologies is required. In some cases, quantitative data analysis may be required to complement the qualitative analysis.
• Technology skills: Office© suite, reference management software, and qualitative and quantitative analysis software (e.g. EndNote, NVivo/QDA MINER, SPSS, Covidence, Revman, or other data management and analysis software)
• Language skills: Bilingual French-English, oral and written
• The successful candidate must have several personal skills: Rigor, teamwork, excellent adaptability and analytical skills, motivated and earning to learn, sense of responsibility, initiative, communication skills, management of priorities and autonomy.

OTHER QUALIFYING SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Experience in dental research
• knowledge of the dental field desirable
• Experience in knowledge mobilization
• At least two years’ experience in research including team coordination, budgetary follow-up of research grants
• Experience in knowledge dissemination
  Experience in working across sectors and in partnerships

The candidate will be required to perform a variety of project-related duties in the principal investigator’s research laboratory. The primary duties include:

• Participation in the design and conducting knowledge synthesis such as systematic reviews, scoping reviews
• Contribution to the implementation of internal laboratory projects related to organizational and technological innovations
• Complete IRB documents (e.g., write a research protocol) and facilitate IRB submission process
• Coordination of research projects and participation in team meetings
• Participate in the collection and analysis of qualitative/quantitative data including basic behavioral analysis
• Contribution to tasks related to knowledge transfer (e.g. drafting of scientific reports and article
• The list of tasks is not exhaustive.