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Published on July 14, 2026

Job ID: 10237
Job Title: Global Legal Epidemiology Research Assistant 2
Application Deadline: Thursday, August 13, 2026 @ 11:59 p.m. ET
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Hourly wage: $20 per hour
Hours per week: 10 hours per week
Start date: September 8, 2026
End date: April 30, 2027
Job description
Under the supervision of Dr. Adrian Viens, the Global Legal Epidemiology Research Assistant 2 (for up to 10 hours per week) will:
- Support ongoing work on a global legal epidemiology study evaluating the gendered effects of global tobacco control interventions.
- Support grant applications, administrative duties, and knowledge translation activities related to global legal epidemiology.
- Attend and actively participate in Global Strategy Lab meetings and seminars.
Specific research activities the student(s) will be engaged in:
- Searching for academic literature, and extracting and synthesizing information to support manuscript development
- Updating structured and annotated bibliographic reviews of existing literature
- Supporting statistical analyses using quasi-experimental designs (i.e., time series analyses)
- Managing sources using Zotero reference management software
- Supporting the presentation of findings to internal and external audiences
Qualifications
- Current undergraduate 91ÑÇÉ« student (we encourage applicants from diverse programs of study)
- Demonstrated interest in global health and tobacco control
- Demonstrated skills, experience, and familiarity with data collection and literature review
- Experience working with people from a variety of backgrounds/cultures
- Excellent communication skills: professional email/phone correspondence
- Excellent computer skills (word processing, email, database management, spreadsheets)
- Demonstrates an eagerness to learn and take on initiative
- Demonstrates organizational and time management skills
- Ability and willingness to work both independently and as part of a team with researchers, students, and staff
- Ability to read and/or write in other languages would be considered an asset
Application materials
- Cover letter
- Resume
If you have any questions, please email Adrien Viens.
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Concluded |
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