October 23, 2009

The B Free National Center of Excellence in the Elimination of Hepatitis B Disparities (B Free CEED) is a five-year community-based participatory research project.  The goal of the project is to create a national expert center by building an infrastructure to develop, coordinate, evaluate, and disseminate evidence-based practices aimed to address and eliminate hepatitis B disparities in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. B Free CEED is funded under the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. (REACH U.S.) program of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
 
The Evaluation Coordinator will be required to conduct the following activities:
- Assist the Program Manger in the planning, development, and implementation of the project’s goals and objective related to evaluation.
- Coordinate and carry out the development of evaluation tools and activities.
- Coordinate, implement and analyze evaluation outcomes and activities.
- Serve as liaison and evaluator for the Legacy pilot grantees to ensure project goals and objectives are met and the appropriate process and impact evaluation measures are developed and implemented. 
- Work with project coordinators to ensure coordination of all B Free CEED-related activities including research, training, outreach, and dissemination with the evaluation-related activities.
- Report directly to the Program Manager on the progress and accomplishments of evaluation goals and objectives. 
- Assure compliance with all evaluation requirements related to grant funds, including preparation and timely submission of reports for funding agencies
 
Candidates for the position should have the following qualifications:
- PhD or equivalent degree or current enrollment in a Doctoral program. Masters in Public Health with more than 5 years of professional experience in community-based clinical or social research or service delivery will be considered. 
- Experience in evaluation research methodology and analysis;
- Ability to work well with community-based academic and medical partners and community-based organizations;
- Experience supervising staff members and working in collaborative environments;
- Strong desire and commitment to work on Asian American health disparities research;
- Knowledge of Asian and Pacific Islander communities in New York City and the U.S.;
- Familiarity with research methodology and analysis;
- Familiarity with health policy methodology;
- Familiarity with data analysis software (e.g. SPSS, Atlas.Ti) and data management software (e.g. Access, Excel);
- Bilingual speaking abilities in Chinese or Korean preferred.

By email, please send a resume and cover letter, using the email heading “post-doctoral associate,” to:
Simona C. Kwon, DrPH, MPH
Institute of Community Health and Research
Center for the Study of Asian American Health
New York University School of Medicine
Email: simona.kwon@nyumc.org

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