"Junior or Assistant Specialist 2025"

Position Overview

The Department of Radiology at the University of California, Irvine is accepting applications for Junior or Assistant Specialists. This is a one-year appointment, non-senate, and is renewable based on performance and availability of funding. The position involves assisting faculty with research investigation in health services research. Areas of research include costs of care discussion with patients, improving patients' care adherence, shared decision making, patient preferences, and health disparities predominantly in patients with cancer, but also other health conditions.

Incumbent is expected to make scientific and scholarly contributions to the research enterprise. Responsibilities include: providing support for recruitment and participant engagement; maintaining study database (RedCAP); creating data reports; conducting literature reviews; assisting with protocol development and IRB submission; assisting with presentations, reports, and manuscript writing; assisting with training and supervising student research assistants; and assisting with other tasks as needed. There is close collaboration with other departments and institutions.

The Sadigh Lab is renowned for expertise in health services research. The overarching mission is to improve evidence-based health care delivery. Potential projects include prospective clinical trials to assess the impact of behavioral or social interventions on patient-reported outcomes, such as testing the effectiveness of a mobile health intervention on improving adherence to oral chemotherapy in patients with metastatic breast cancer, and secondary data analysis of big national databases to assess health disparities and impact on healthcare use.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with medical research and scientific writing. Experience in health services research is desirable. Strong analytical and organizational skills; ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team; contribute to manuscript preparation, IRB submission, and grant writing. Priority for candidates with excellent written/spoken English and Spanish or Vietnamese.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications: For Junior Specialist, a baccalaureate degree or equivalent research experience. For Assistant Specialist, a master's degree or five years of experience demonstrating expertise in the relevant specialization.