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Published on March 3, 2025

Job ID: 77368
Job Title: Global Legal Epidemiology Research Assistant
Application Deadline: Wednesday, April 16, 2025 @ 11:59 p.m. ET
Applications are only accepted through the Career Centre. Go to the Experience York portal through Passport York and search for the posting with the Job ID listed above. Note: applicants must be eligible to participate in the Research @ York (RAY) program, see eligibility criteria.
Hourly wage: $20 per hour
Hours per week: 10 hours per week
Start date: May 1, 2025
End date: August 29, 2025
Job description
Under the supervision of Dr. Mathieu Poirier, the Global Legal Epidemiology Research Assistant (for up to 10 hours per week) will:
- Support ongoing work on a global legal epidemiology study evaluating the gendered effects of global tobacco control interventions.
- Support a global legal epidemiology study examining tobacco control measures’ impacts in Europe over the last 45 years.
- Support grant applications, administrative duties, and knowledge translation activities related to global legal epidemiology.
- Attend and actively participate in Global Strategy Lab meetings and seminars.
Specific research activities the student(s) will be engaged in:
- Searching for academic literature, and extracting and synthesizing information to support manuscript development
- Updating structured and annotated bibliographic reviews of existing literature
- Supporting statistical analyses using quasi-experimental designs (i.e., time series analyses)
- Managing sources using Zotero reference management software
- Supporting the presentation of findings to internal and external audiences
Qualifications
The Global Strategy Lab is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable environment that celebrates people in all their diversity and encourages a variety of perspectives. We recognize that different experiences and viewpoints are a source of strength in collaboration, and the driving force behind innovative, creative, equity-minded, and globally oriented research.
- Current undergraduate York student. Applicants from diverse programs of study are encouraged. The Dahdaleh Institute welcomes applications from all qualified individuals, including, but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), Indigenous Peoples and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation. York University is committed to a positive, supportive, and inclusive environment.
- Demonstrated interest in global health and tobacco control
- Demonstrated skills, experience, and familiarity with data collection and literature review
- Experience working with people from a variety of backgrounds/cultures
- Excellent communication skills: professional email/phone correspondence
- 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
- Ability to read and/or write in other languages would be considered an asset
Application materials
- Cover letter
- Resume
If you have any questions, please email Mathieu Poirier
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism |
Status | Concluded |
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