Student Opportunity: Research Assistant, Modelling Health Impacts of Climate Change

Full Time Research Assistant

$16/per hour

30 hours/week

Start: May 11^th

End: August 28^th

Application Deadline: Sunday April 26^th @11:59pm

Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. Go to careers.yorku.ca/online-system/ and search for the posting with the JobID.

Under the supervision of Dr. James Orbinski, Director, the Modelling Health Impacts of Climate Change RAY student will:

Support the development of a transdisciplinary strategy for planetary health and environmental research at the Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Support the “Modelling the Health Impacts of Climate Change in Malawi” project
Support the “Ecological Footprint” project
Assist in the development and submission of a grant proposal for “Modelling the Health Impacts of Climate and Salinity Changes in Bangladesh”
Design appropriate tools, methods, and communication outputs for all planetary health and environmental research
Attend and actively participate in a weekly transdisciplinary seminar series on planetary health and environmental research
Provide events support including administrative and logistical support

Create a structured and annotated bibliographic review of existing literature;
Create a digital research archive of PDFs of identified papers;
Create a series of draft PowerPoint presentations that capture the core conceptual content.

Methodological training on data analysis
Subject matter training on global health and humanitarianism
Day-to-day supervision by DIGHR Research Fellow
Regular status meetings with your supervising full-time faculty and Dahdaleh Institute Director, Dr. James Orbinski

Current undergraduate York student (we encourage applicants from diverse programs of study)
Demonstrated interest in global health
Demonstrated skills, experience, and familiarity with conducting literature reviews
Experience working with people from a variety of backgrounds/cultures
Excellent communication skills: professional email/phone correspondence, public speaking, and presentation proficiency
Excellent computer skills (word processing, email, database management, spreadsheets)
Demonstrates an eagerness to learn and take on initiative
Demonstrates organizational and time management skills
Ability and willingness to work both independently and as part of a team with researchers, students, and staff

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