Fieldwork Opportunities as of Monday June 6, 2022

POSITION: Research Assistant

ORGANIZATION:  Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association

The Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association is seeking to hire a Research Assistant.

The Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association (SRNA) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the support of children, adolescents, and adults with rare neuroimmune disorders including: Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis (ADEM), Acute Flaccid Myelitis (AFM), MOG Antibody Disease (MOGAD), Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder (NMOSD), Optic Neuritis (ON) and Transverse Myelitis (TM). Its stakeholders include patients and their families/friends, clinicians, scientists, medical professionals, supporters, and related interested organizations. Our goal is to improve the quality of life of individuals and families living with these rare neuroimmune disorders.

Learn more about SRNA at wearesrna.org.

Key Responsibilities

The Research Assistant will contribute meaningfully to the delivery of our mission by providing support for our research programs. 

• Conduct literature reviews
• Draft interview guides and surveys
• Collect and analyze data
• Conduct interviews with study participants
• Maintain accurate records of interviews and survey data, safeguarding the confidentiality of subjects
• Assist with data preparation and analysis
• Prepare reports and summaries of research findings
• Summarize peer-reviewed literature for a lay audience

• Other duties as assigned

Experience and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required, current graduate student in public health or related field preferred
• Research experience required

• Meticulous attention to accuracy and detail, the ability to multi‐task, prioritize and meet deadlines, and thrive in a small, dynamic organization with an ambitious agenda
• Self-disciplined, driven, creative, proactive, able to maintain confidentiality, determined, and personable
• Ability to work well within a virtual team environment
• High standards of ethics, integrity, and professionalism, including dealing with sensitive and proprietary patient information
• Ability to communicate in English, both verbally and in writing
• Computer literacy: Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Data Analysis Software (e.g., SPSS)
• Familiarity with online survey, scheduling, and collaboration platforms, such as SurveyMonkey, Doodle, and Google Docs

Additional information

• Reports to the Director of Research and Programs

• Members of the SRNA community are encouraged to apply

• Location is where the Research Assistant is based

 Compensation

Part-time, contract-based, commensurate with experience (in the range of $30-$40 an hour).

How to Apply

Complete the online application form – https://wearesrna.typeform.com/to/UMHy9N6N

Deadline

Applications will be processed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Start Date:Immediately

Please note that only those individuals whose qualifications match the current needs of the organization will be considered and notified by email. The Siegel Rare Neuroimmune Association is an equal opportunity employer. It is the continuing policy of the SRNA to provide equal-opportunity employment to all staff members and applicants, without regard to race, creed, color, sex, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, and any other protected categories. This policy relates to all employment decisions, including those in connection with recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. All of our policies are in accordance with federal, state and local equal employment opportunity principles and other related laws.

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POSITION: Health Policy Intern 

ORGANIZATION:  Office of Child & Family Health (OCFH) /NYC ACS

The Office of Child & Family Health (OCFH) is charged with ensuring that all children in the care of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) have access to physical and mental/behavioral health care that is comprehensive, appropriate and in line with current best practice standards. OCFH delivers direct medical services to children entering foster care, offers individual case consultations, technical assistance and training to ACS staff and foster care agencies on a variety of health-related topics, conducts research and performance assessments, and provides clinical expertise in developing health and mental health policies that support best case practice.

The Health Policy Intern will be a part of the OCFH team and engage in health policy work. She/he/they will work under the Director of Health Policy and Planning.

Responsibilities may include:

• Conducting and reporting findings from literature reviews for projects related to child and adolescent health;
• Updating health assessment tools and forms;
• Reviewing, and updating ACS medical and mental health policy and procedure manuals;
• Participating in agency-wide meetings, committees and workgroups to ensure that health care issues are incorporated into internal program design and policy development;
• Supporting health policy and program development initiatives;
• Performing other related duties, as appropriate.

Primary Location:

150 William Street, New York, New York 10038 but you should have the ability to work remotely.

Candidate Requirements:

• Graduate student with interest in and knowledge of health policy, child health, Medicaid policy, and/or adolescent sexual and reproductive health;
• Strong analytical, writing and communication skills;
• Ability to multitask while maintaining strong attention to detail;
• Ability to take initiative and work independently;
• Experience using Microsoft Office software, including: Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint;
• Time limited with an average of 8-10 hours per week

This position is unpaid, school credit and flexible hours may be available. Internship may be used as a fieldwork placement and/or practicum.

To Apply: Please email your cover letter and resume to Bianca Lopez, Director of Health Policy and Planning, Bianca.Lopez@acs.nyc.gov

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POSITION: City Service Corps

ORGANIZATION: NYC Service & AmeriCorps

City Service Corps, an AmeriCorps program launched in 2015 by NYC Service, a division of the Mayor’s office, recruits individuals to serve full-time from September 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 at City agency host sites. City Service Corps is comprised of high-impact service projects led by city agencies in impact areas addressing critical capacity and community-related issues. Our impact areas are:

• Disaster Response
• Economic Opportunity
• Education
• Environmental Stewardship
• Healthy Futures
• Veterans and Military Families

What are the benefits of being a City Service Corps Member?

• Living allowance of up to $20,000 (pre-tax) distributed evenly throughout the term
• Members receive a MetroCard for commuting to and from service
• Eli Segal AmeriCorps Education Award, valued at up to $4,546.50 upon successful completion
• City Government exposure
• Resume-building professional experience
• Loan Forbearance and interest accrued paid on qualified student loans upon successful completion
• On-site orientation and on-going monthly training provided by NYC Service 
• Additional training and professional support at host site
• Childcare assistance, if eligible
• Health Coverage (member doesn’t pay premium or monthly enrollment fees)

What are the requirements to serve as a City Service Corps Member?

• Must be a U.S. Citizen, U.S. National, or Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States
• Have successfully obtained a High School diploma or its equivalent prior to the start of the program
• Agree to and pass a criminal background check
• Ability to serve full time for the program term (generally M-F 9 AM – 5 PM)
• A strong motivation for making a positive difference in New York City
• Willingness to learn new skills and improve upon existing ones
• Must complete a total of 1,200 hours

Available City Service Corps Positions:

Department of Environmental Protection

Engagement & Wellness Expansion Project Specialist 

Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Community Engagement Project Coordinator

Data Governance Coordinator

Survey Analyst Member

Department of Records and Information Services

Educational Outreach Coordinator

Volunteer Outreach Coordinator

Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs

Community Services Corps Member

Language Services Coordinator

Legal Initiatives Member

We Speak NYC Member

NYC Commission on Human Rights

Queens Immigrant Communities Outreach Coordinator

NYC Department of Citywide Administrative Services

Diversity Outreach Coordinator

Diversity Recruitment AmeriCorps Member

NYC Department of Cultural Affairs

Cultural Development Fund Member

Programs Research and Evaluation Member

NYC Department of Sanitation

Apartment Programs Outreach Associate

Curbside Composting Outreach

DonateNYC Associate

Zero Waste Partnerships Member

NYC Law Department

Community Outreach Member

NYC Parks

Seed Program Corps Member

Citywide Nursery Member

Community Engagement Member

Community Outreach Member

Evaluation Project Coordinator

LEAF Coordinator

Natural Areas Stewardship

Outreach Corps Member

Youth Leadership Council Coordinator

NYC Emergency Management

NYC CERT Service Member

Ready New York Member

Community Preparedness Member

Office of Technology and Innovation

Open Data Corps Member

Young Men’s Initiative

Community Program Coordinator

To view the official program website and application: City Service Corps

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POSITION: UJC Summit Intern

ORGANIZATION: United Justice Coalition

On July 23, 2022, the UJC and Team Roc are hosting the UJC Summit: Inaugural Social Justice Convention at Center415 in New York City to convene leaders, experts, and advocates who are committed to working together in the spirit of social and racial justice to enact change. The one-day event will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, town halls, social justice organizations, networking opportunities, and more. 

We are seeking interns to provide event support to the planning team in our New York Office in a number of areas, such as Digital & Marketing, Event Fundraising & Partners, and Logistics. 

Students who are interested may apply by emailing their resume and cover letter to ujc@unitedjusticecoalition.com by Wednesday, June 1st.

To view the official job posting: Internship

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POSITION: Various Internship and Fellowship Opportunities

ORGANIZATION: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

All CDC Internship and Fellowship Opportunities can be found here. Below is a sample of opportunities with upcoming deadlines:

CDC Sex Trafficking Research and Surveillance Fellowship – Deadline: June 6, 2022

CDC Public Health Economics and Policy Evaluation Fellowship – Deadline: June 6, 2022

CDC Injury Epidemiology and Data Science Fellowship – Deadline: June 6, 2022

CDC Vaccine Safety Fellowship – Deadline: June 7, 2022

CDC Disease Surveillance Fellowship – Deadline: June 10, 2022

CDC Fellowship in Critical Appraisal and Evidence-based Decision Making – Deadline: June 10, 2022

CDC Internship in HIV Treatment and Prevention – Deadline: June 11, 2022

CDC Global Immunization Division Economic Evaluation Training Fellowship – Deadline: June 13, 2022

CDC Policy Analytics and Population Health Fellowship – Deadline: June 13, 2022

CDC Public Health Communication Fellowship – Deadline: June 20, 2022

CDC Birth Defects Surveillance and Research Fellowship – Deadline: June 20, 2022

CDC Smallpox Mobile Application Deployment and Public Health Exercise Fellowship – Deadline: June 20, 2022

CDC One Health Fellowship – Deadline: June 21, 2022

CDC Bioinformatics and Computer Science Fellowship – Deadline: June 22, 2022

CDC Informatics Fellowship – Deadline: June 24, 2022

CDC Rabies Diagnostics Fellowship – Deadline: June 24, 2022

CDC Birth Defects Surveillance and Research Summer Fellowship – Deadline: June 27, 2022

CDC Program Evaluation Fellowship – Deadline: June 27, 2022

CDC Cannabis Strategy Fellowship – Deadline: June 27, 2022

CDC Emergency Operations Planning Fellowship – Deadline: June 27, 2022

CDC Drug Free Communities Fellowship – Deadline: June 29, 2022

CDC Drowning and Older Adult Falls Fellowship – Deadline: June 30, 2022

CDC Public Health Administration and Implementation Science Fellowship – Deadline: July 4, 2022

CDC Maternal, Newborn, and Reproductive Health in Emergency Settings Fellowship – Deadline July 4, 2022

CDC Maternal and Child Nutrition Fellowship – Deadline: July 11, 2022

CDC Climate and Health Program Analyst Fellowship – Deadline: July 12, 2022

CDC Health Communications and Partnership Development Fellowship – Deadline: July 12, 2022

CDC Poxvirus Epidemiology Team Fellowship – Deadline: July 13, 2022

CDC Fellowship in Bioinformatics Development for Molecular Surveillance– Deadline: July 15, 2022

CDC Health Communications Internship – Deadline: July 29, 2022

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POSITION: Gil Addo Harlem Health Fellowship

ORGANIZATION: The Harlem Health Initiative (HHI) at CUNY SPH

Program description: The Harlem Health Initiative (HHI) at CUNY SPH launched in February 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic began. At its core, HHI is a technical assistance and training program to bolster community-based organizations (CBOs). Its single aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the Harlem community through relationship building with existing coalitions and networks of CBOs, while also ensuring CUNY SPH’s status as a community-centered institution, part of the fabric of Harlem. The Initiative prioritizes consistent community representation and engagement when considering programming and policy as opposed to integrating community perspectives only when buy-in is necessary. As a result of its footprint and suite of support, HHI has enabled the school to garner nearly $7 million in research and community program funding that directly addresses critical health issues facing Harlem, including a task-shifting program to identify mental health concerns among residents in housing projects, establishing a community co-laboratory with CBOs to establish and enhance health equity programming, and building vaccine literacy through health communications and partner training activities. The Initiative provides community organizations with up-to-date health data, supports survey work, and engages student interns in community practice. HHI also works with Harlem’s elected and government officials to educate them about health issues like food insecurity, mental health, and COVID-19 impacts, and helps them understand how legislation can be supported by CUNY SPH’s work.

The portfolio of community engagement activities of HHI has expanded greatly over the last two years in an unexpected and unprecedented way. The Initiative’s Director, Ms. Deborah Levine, supports the school’s community portfolio. The Gil Addo Harlem Health Fellowship (“Fellowship”) will allow Ms. Levine to hire two student fellows at the master’s or doctoral level who will partner with her over a two-year period. Addo Fellows will be responsible for project management and general support of the Harlem Health Initiative.

Position Overview: This role will support HHI Director Deborah Levine and Program Manager Claire Ogburn and help ensure that the team meets program goals and deliverables in a timely and effective manner. The position’s responsibilities encompass community engagement and outreach for a variety of community-based research projects and initiatives; data gathering and analysis; community partner communication and support; research on health and wellness indicators for Harlem, the neighborhood’s CBOs and FBOs, and the impact of COVID-19 on Harlem; database assembly and management; developing health communications materials; and workstream alignment. This is a part-time position at 20 hours per week, per semester (15 weeks) at a rate of $35 per hour. Fellows are asked to make a 2-year commitment. 

Gil Addo Harlem Health Fellow Responsibilities: Under the leadership of the HHI Director and Program Manager, Fellows will:

Fellow 1:

• Develop a global partnership “master” database for CUNY SPH that can be accessed and leveraged by all school programs, including key programmatic partners: the Office of Experiential Learning and Career Services, the Pandemic Response Institute, Harlem Strong, CIRGH, the Vaccine Literacy Campaign, etc. 
• Liaise with the aforementioned offices and initiatives to ensure cross-communication of activities; maintain a record of concurrent research, outreach, and programs
• Identify indicators to include across SPH-led survey work of both community partners and the SPH student / alumni community
• Assist with development and execution of HHI’s 2022 Webinar Series
• Support the Pandemic Response Institute (PRI)’s Community Convening and Learning Team (CCLT), including database creation & management, liaising with NYC Department of Health and Department of Emergency Management, and attendance at virtual meetings.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Fellow 2:

• Develop an uptown charter book to develop the “who” and the “what” of health policy players and the state of health in Harlem. 
• Create a central dashboard database that displays aggregate data sets; coordinate with other CUNY SPH dashboards 
• Support the evolution and integration of advisory councils across CUNY SPH
• Support data collection, analysis and reporting efforts to understand and publicize the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on Harlem’s residents, organizations, and community leaders.
• Aid with writing funding proposals for multiple research and community projects.
• Assist with recruitment and outreach of community partners.
• Other duties as assigned. 

Qualifications:

• Master’s or Doctoral student at CUNY SPH in good academic standing
• Desired candidate qualifications: 
• Demonstrated commitment to social and racial equity 
• Database development / management and information architecture skills (experience with AirTable or other project management software, a plus)
• Quantitative and qualitative data gathering and analysis skills
• Strong writing skills
• Experience working with community-based, faith-based organizations, and/or social services organizations (outreach, engagement, partnership development and management)
• Development of culturally competent, linguistically-sensitive health communications materials, including infographics
• Experience working within the Harlem community is a plus
• Other language proficiency, a plus

To apply, please email your cover letter and resume to HarlemHealth@sph.cuny.edu by May 31, 2022, and indicate which fellow position (i.e., “1,” “2,” or “both”) you wish to apply for. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

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POSITION: Summer 2022 Research Fieldwork Opportunity

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Position: Fall 2022 Fieldwork Placement

Organization Ryan Health, Department of Population Health, Patient Navigation for Concrete Services and Social Determinants of Health

Program Description: Over the last year, Ryan Health’s population health department has expanded its outreach and screening services to determine and address concrete service needs in the community. The program has proved highly successful and in much demand as many of Ryan Health’s patients come from low-income, low-resource environments. The PRAPARE screen, an evidence-based social determinants of health screening tool, is sent to patients before their appointments. Results from these screenings are collected and entered into the electronic health record (clinical Works). If a patient has a positive PRAPARE screen and indicates on the tool that they would like to be contacted by a patient navigator for concrete services, the initial contact is made within 3 days of the patient completing the tool. The patient discusses their needs with the patient navigator and is then linked to any needed concrete services.

The population health department uses a platform called the “Here for You Community Resource Hub” to help guide staff and patients to available resources based on zip code. The platform is maintained on a regular basis and has up-to-date information about its organizations, including services provided, contact information, hours, and location. The concrete services with the highest demand by Ryan Health patients are housing, food banks, food pantries, and food distribution centers.

Fieldwork Position Overview: The role will support Ryan Health’s Patient Navigator for Concrete Services by helping to facilitate implementation of the PRAPARE screening tool and linking patients to the needed concrete services. Activities will be documented in both the electronic health record and the Community Resource Hub. The position requires excellent communication skills, the ability to work with patients from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities, outreach, resource support, linkage to care, and follow-up if necessary. Bi-lingual Spanish, French, Creole, Arabic, or any world language would be useful but is not required. The role also requires the ability to listen with empathy and develop rapport with each patient as they open to their needs, challenges, and life issues.

This fieldwork position would be totaling 180 hours from August 2022 through December 2022 (10 hours per week) and would finish at the same time as the CUNY Fall semester.

Patient Navigation for Concrete Services Fieldwork Responsibilities:

All points listed below will be under supervision and leadership from Supervisor of Care Coordination. This role will work closely with our existing Patient Navigator for Concrete Services.

• Transfer PRAPARE screening tool from the online LUMA platform to the electronic health record (eCW)
• Contact Patients requesting concrete services
• Link patients to the required services
• Confirm successful linkage to services
• Utilize and document in the “Here for You” community resource platform
• Develop additional community resource relationships within the community
• Promote intradepartmental PRAPARE screening tool and linkage services
• Attend weekly supervision sessions
• Attend monthly Social Determinants of Health meetings
• Work with Quality Improvement department on reports and reporting requirements
• Attend monthly Care Coordination meetings
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Student in good academic standing at CUNY SPH
• Attention to detail and patient charts
• Time management skills
• Passion for Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), health inequalities, and bridging the gap in health disparities

To apply please email your resume to: Sarahjane.Rath@ryancenter.org

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