OHSU Student Worker

US-OR-Portland

Requisition ID: 2026-38240
Position Category: Student
Job Type: Student
Position Type: Regular Part-Time
Posting Department: OHSU-PSU School of Public Health
Posting Salary Range: $16.30 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

• This position supports a collaborative research initiative examining the role of private equity investment and corporate ownership structures in assisted living communities, with a focus on implications for regulation, quality, and resident outcomes.
• The position supports this work by supporting the preparation of methods-focused manuscripts, including drafting sections of papers, documenting analytic decisions, and preparing tables, figures, and appendices.
• Primary responsibilities include task tracking across multiple manuscripts, coordinating timelines for internal review and journal submission, and managing citations and reference libraries.
• Additional duties may include summarizing relevant literature, supporting revisions in response to peer review, and assisting with documentation needed for reproducibility and transparency.

Required Qualifications

• Enrolled in or on vacation from or is otherwise registered in a Graduate Program (minimum 4.5 credit hours)
• Experience using a computer to accomplish work-based goals
• Experience working effectively with a team
• Experience working independently on assigned tasks -
• Ability to communicate professionally in writing and verbally
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to apply analytic reasoning to text
• Intermediate Microsoft Word skills
• Basic Microsoft Excel skills
• Adherence to code of conduct
• Respect in the workplace
• Applicable policies, procedures and agreements related to position, department or OHSU as a whole

Preferred Qualifications

• Coursework completed in health systems and policy
• Coursework completed or underway in research methods and design
• Current MPH or PhD student in Health Systems Management and Policy
• Experience working in a research setting
• Experience using Shared Drives
• Project management or task tracking
• Experience using Zotero
• Experience contributing to academic publications
• Knowledge of long-term care settings or healthcare topics relevant to the provision of care to people living with dementia in assisted living
• Knowledge of healthcare financing
• Basic R Statistical Environment
• Completed CITI training(s) in responsible conduct of research

Additional Details

Flexible schedule outside of meetings 1-3 times per week.