Description
Dr. Lister and his collaborators have partnered with Wayne State University School of Medicine’s Tolan Park Research Clinic to better understand the influence of psychosocial factors to methadone maintenance treatment outcomes (i.e., remaining in treatment for longer) among patients with opioid use disorder (i.e., heroin). Patients in MMT represent a vulnerable population, typically afflicted with chronic and severe addiction histories, and multiple psychosocial hardships (e.g., poverty, trauma histories, blood-borne illnesses).
This study will recruit patient participants from the clinic (in Detroit). All patient participants will complete questionnaires (30-45 minutes) about a variety of psychosocial factors. The clinical research assistant will be responsible for study coordination, recruitment, and will help participants in the event they need assistance understanding survey questions.
The research assistant who works on this study will gain access to leading scholars in the field of substance abuse, be provided valuable pre-clinical training in a substance abuse setting, and have opportunities for scholarly development (i.e., publications, social science research methods exposure) through this position.
Qualifications
I am looking for someone who is interesting in pursuing graduate school in the health sciences, particularly in the disciplines of social work, psychology, psychiatry, medicine, pharmacology, or public health. Preference will be given to applicants who have some course experience in the area of health sciences. I am also keen on developing a mentoring relationship with students are passionate and motivated to assist in research that addresses health disparities among underserved populations.
Duties
The research assistant will be onsite during clinic hours roughly 10 hours per week - the schedule will be worked out between the RA and the PI (Dr. Lister) and money can be budgeted in through UROP to pay the RA for their work-related time. The research assistant will help recruit and coordinate study participation, and aid in participants' completion of surveys. The research assistant will be provided the opportunity to be involved on scholarly duties (e.g., potential to be involved on future publications) that will be of benefit to their pursuit of future graduate-level studies.