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Research Assistant I- Center for Social Medicine and Humanities

UCLA Health  •  $30 - $36/hr  •  Hybrid  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Flexible Hybrid

Work Schedule

Variable hybrid schedule, 20hrs/week, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm

Posted Date

08/13/2026
Salary Range $30.12 - 35.92 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

32329


Primary Duties and Responsibilities


The Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior is seeking to hire a part-time Research Assistant to support the Center for Social Medicine and Humanities Department. You will support research projected focused on poverty, social inequality, incarceration, substance use, harm reduction, and overdose/infectious disease prevention and treatment month structurally vulnerable populations. Key responsibilities include:
  • Manage and organize qualitative research data, interviews, field notes, and research databases
  • Support coding, analysis, transcription review, and literature searches
  • Maintain archival records, research files, and audiovisual data systems
  • Assist with grant reporting, manuscript preparation, editing, and formatting
  • Coordinate administrative and project-related activities, including scheduling, communications, and tracking project progress
  • Support collaboration across multiple research sites and partner organizations
  • Provide general research and administrative support for ongoing projects
Salary range: 30.12/hr - $35.92/hr


Job Qualifications


Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, Social Science, Behavioral Sciences, Public Health, or related field (preferred)
Minimum 1 year of experience in office management, research administration, health services delivery, or health access research (preferred)
Comfort working with structurally vulnerably and underserved populations
Ability to assist with qualitative data coding, transcription review, dictation, and database management
Understanding of medical and public health literature, as well as social science and humanities theories (preferred)
Proficiency with qualitative research and data management software, including NVivo, Dragon NaturallySpeaking, Zotero, and similar research applications (preferred)
Ability to maintain accurate research records, databases, and documentation
Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross (Preferred)
Ability to work flexible schedule

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
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For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
Website
uclahealth.org
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