Research Scientist - Rollins School of Public Health

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The research team of Dr. Aaron Siegler (Bio: https://sph.emory.edu/profile/faculty/aaron-siegler) in the Epidemiology Department at Emory University is seeking to hire a Research Scientist to work on several NIH-funded studies in HIV prevention epidemiology and digital health intervention research across local and/orinternational settings.

These studies include: 1. Establishing a PrEP Epidemiology, Modeling and Surveillance System (PREMISE), a study to support the development of consistent national HIV Pre-ExposureProphylaxis (PrEP) data to describe its patterns of use, and to understand which programs and policies are effective at facilitating PrEP uptake in the US. 2. Improving telePrEP initiation and retention outcomes in the US: The MISTR+ study, an NIH-funded series of clinical trials to support the development of low-touchinterventions (such as tailored messaging) and testing their effectiveness on PrEP initiation and retention outcomes 3. The Elección (Choice) Cohort: Developing and testing a scalable, platform-agnostic digital intervention in Peru, an NIH-funded clinical trial to improve understanding of the factors associated with HIV acquisition and PrEP uptake; and evaluate the preferences for and effectiveness of an adapted digital health messaging intervention (mHealth) among men in Peru.

JOB DESCRIPTION: * Develops biochemical and cell-based assays, with the use of such assays to perform high throughput screening of small molecule libraries. * Develops and executes lower throughput biochemical or cell-based assays for structural optimization of hit compounds. Hands-on bench scientist. * Communicates with biomedical inves