CHET Call for RA Applications - Deadline 5/3/21

The Center for Health Equity Transformation (CHET, https://chet.med.uky.edu/) welcomes applications for a graduate research assistantship focused on innovative, transdisciplinary and impactful health equities research. CHET’s focal research involves preventing and improving outcomes from cancer, substance use, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes/obesity in vulnerable, traditionally underserved populations. Graduate students from all disciplines, including social sciences, public health, biomedical informatics, health policy, and others, are welcome. CHET research assistants will work with faculty engaged in a diverse array of research approaches, including community-based participatory research, survey design, policy, intervention, and dissemination and implementation science. CHET research assistants will engage and support efforts in research conduct, development of scholarly products (presentations, abstracts, peer-reviewed manuscripts), professional networking, enriching activities (speaker series, workshops), mentoring undergraduate students, statistical analysis, and grantsmanship.

This is a full-time graduate research assistantship with a competitive stipend and tuition. The start-date is negotiable, and the assistantship may be renewable for multiple years. Members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. 

Interested individuals should send one PDF file to CHET@uky.edu by Monday, May 3, 2021 that contains the following: 1) cover letter outlining the applicant’s interest in health equity research and career aspirations, 2) CV, 3) a list of three references with contact information, and 4) one writing sample.