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Job Title:	Research Associate/Senior Research Associate
Company:	Advance Health Solutions, LLC
Location:	La Jolla, CA
Description:	ADVANCE HEALTH SOLUTIONS, LLC is a premier health care consulting firm with extensive knowledge, experience and expertise in finding the right solutions to complex problems faced by leading health organizations in the public, non-profit, academic, and private sectors. Our tailored, strategic solutions aim to help our clients effectively demonstrate the added-value of their products and services through the application of advance measurement techniques and statistical and financial analytics. We further support our clients in establishing evidence-base product/service valuation by developing various technical publications that help reach target audiences and key stakeholders. Our goal is to provide our clients with the insights, advantages and solutions necessary to successfully demonstrate the value-added proposition of their products and services in today's complex and competitive health care marketplace. Several part-time or full-time independent consulting positions available, effective January 2008 Short-term (6 months or less) or long-term (one or more years) consulting projects available Very flexible scheduling including weekdays, eevenings, nights, or weekends Ability to workk on-site or remotely (off-site) Duties: Conduct literature searches and summary reviewws Conduct web-based searches of published soources by content area for research purposes Retrieve references (e.g., peer review articles) Devise epidemiological study designs Deesign survey instruments and other tools for data collection purposes Code survey instruments and other devised data collection tools Determine appropriate metrics to capture health outcomes, including quality of life indicators appropriate for given intervention studies Identify miinimum datasets for research and evaluation studies Create data dictionaries Design and ddevelop electronic databases (including data entry modules) Develop publication plans (e.g., identification of publication venues, thematic categorization by subject) Develop project-specific training and education materials for workshop and seminar manuals and e-classes Perform staatistical analyses (e.g., descriptive statistics, bivariate analyses, categorical and linear multivariate modeling, Cox Proportional Hazard modeling, Kaplan-Meier survival analyses, etc.) Preparee, write, and submit scientific abstracts Prrepare, write, and submit technical reports, trade journal articles, and peer-review manuscripts Perform other research measurement, analytics, and results dissemination services as requested
Requirements:	Minimum oof a Bachelor's degree in a health-related discipline. Master's degree (M.P.H., M.S., or M.A.), R.N., ABD or Ph.D. preferred. Graduate students are welcome to apply. A minimum of two or more years experience in a health care research setting. Strong proficienccy in SPSS, SAS and other analytic software programs as well as MS Office applications. Excellent communication skills rrequired, both verbal and writing skills. Dyynamic interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently as well as work efficiently within a cross-functional team to meet project deadlines. Excellent organizattional skills a must.
Compensation:	Compensation is commensurate with relevant experience level of applicant Contractor and skill set. Compensation range is between $20/hr to $50/hr or on a fee- for-service basis per assigned project.
Web Site:	http://www.advancehealthsolutions.com
Additional Info:
To Apply:	For further consideration, please e-mail your resume to Dr. Maryam Navaie, Senior Vice President, at mnavaie@advancehealthsolutions.com or careers@advancehealthsolutions.com