Research Associate, College of Pharmacy

 

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Job Overview

The University of Cincinnati James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy houses distinguished faculty, committed students, and pioneering researchers dedicated to enhancing medications and their impact on health outcomes.

 

The College's Division of Pharmacy Practice is dedicated to advancing excellence in pharmacy education, research, and practice. We prepare future pharmacists to address the evolving needs of healthcare, while providing leadership in innovative practice models that serve patients, practitioners, and society. Through scholarship, service, and professional engagement, we are committed to the growth of both the profession and the community.

 

This Research Associate role will involve helping to secure funded support for research programs and supporting the conduct and dissemination of research in the division of pharmacy practice and administrative sciences. 

The research associate will be expected to assist with the preparation, coordination, and submission of research grant proposals, help manage grant correspondence and paperwork, help conduct research , collaborate with other members of the research team, and lead and support the dissemination of research projects. The position emphasizes grant development, project coordination, literature synthesis, and research administration in support of faculty-led research programs.

 

Research in the division of pharmacy practice and administrative sciences is broad and utilizes both quantitative and qualitative techniques. Projects may involve clinical program evaluation, public health program evaluation, medication therapy management program evaluation, scholarship of teaching and learning, pharmacoeconomic analysis, real-world data analysis, surveys, and interviews/focus groups.

Essential Functions

• Assist with the coordination of research studies in a particular discipline.
• Make independent contributions to projects and studies based on professional training or functional experience.
• Solve problems using combined research knowledge.
• Independently works on whole projects/problems.
• Contribute to the collective team effort.
• Perform statistical and graphical analysis of data, interpret data and assist in judging validity of data.
• Analyze research results.
• Organize data search and analysis procedures.
• Assist in establishing test controls, criteria and research standards.
• Assist in the design of complex data processing systems to analyze research data.
• Accomplish assigned results for project/studies, or for significant aspects of larger, complex assignments.
• Serve as a seasoned level researcher.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.). 
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at