Undergraduate Student Worker at Oregon Health & Science University – Portland, Oregon

Undergraduate Student Worker

US-OR-Portland

Requisition ID: 2025-33632
Position Category: Student
Job Type: Student
Position Type: Regular Part-Time
Posting Department: OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Posting Salary Range: $15.95 per hour
Posting FTE: 0.00
HR Mission: Academics
Drug Testable: No

Department Overview

The OHSU-PSU School of Public Health (SPH) is aligned with the American Public Health Association in declaring racism a public health crisis, and our School is committed to becoming an antiracist SPH. We are working to center social justice in our internal and external work as a school and are committed to addressing structural and institutional racism, and to holding ourselves accountable to this work.

Function/Duties of Position

Under direct supervision, primarily performs basic research or lab activities similar to a Research Assistant 1 or Lab Aide*.

Primary duties include:

• Literature searches and information gathering;
• Making systems maps using kumu or word processing software;
• Summarizing information in written and visual form;
• Performing qualitative and quantitative data analysis

Required Qualifications

• Enrolled in or on vacation from or is otherwise registered in Undergraduate Program (minimum 6 credit hours)
• Word processing
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Collaborative skills
• Problem solving

Preferred Qualifications

• Rising Junior or Senior

• Completed coursework in environmental science or environmental studies (incl. chemistry, biology, earth science, oceanography, etc.)

• Knowledge of coastal ecology

• Completion of written research projects

• Knowledge of literature review process

• Experience with data visualization techniques
• Knowledge of social network analysis
• Familiarity with surveys

Additional Details

Hybrid position, with remote work and on-site work at OHSU on Marquam Hill in the Hatfield Research Center. Work will involve using a computer to conduct research. Desk will be situated in a laboratory, but the student will not be required to do bench work.