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The College of Social Work seeks a Research Scientist to join our team. The Research Scientist will conduct independent research in the areas of substance misuse, child wellbeing and safety in support of the Ohio START intervention in order to develop new knowledge and answer important scientific research questions. Responsibilities include developing new extramural proposals for research, publishing results in peer-reviewed journals, training and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students.
Required Qualifications:
Doctoral degree in Epidemiology, Biostatics or related area required; experience conducting research on parental substance misuse, child abuse and neglect, child safety and permanency. Significant experience (4 years) using the Statewide Automated Child Welfare Information System (SACWIS) for analysis and evaluation. Significant experience (4 years) working in R, Stata, SQL, and ArcGIS. Experience with quasi-experimental evaluation designs, interpreting data and writing and publishing articles in refereed journals; experience presenting data and papers to professional society conferences.
Desired Qualifications:
Experience with advanced statistical methods (e.g. propensity score weighting) in program evaluation. Experience working in SPSS, Stata and ArcGIS Pro. Experience designing technical reports, and translating research to practice A least 3 years' experience working with child welfare stakeholders in the state of Ohio.
Responsibilities:
Research Intervention Evaluation & Oversight
Research Collaboration / Resource Acquisition
Management/Leadership
Administrative/Service
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