Sheps Ctr for Hlth Serv Res-633100

Research Professionals

07/13/2026

08/03/2026

No

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Research Associate

EHRA Non-Faculty

20077290

NF0009891

Full-Time Permanent

1

40

North Carolina, US

$70,000 – $90,000

08/24/2026

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues, and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance, and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost, and effectiveness of health care services, and the dissemination of this information to policymakers and the general public.

The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at UNC Chapel Hill seeks to improve the health of individuals, families, and populations by understanding the problems, issues, and alternatives in the design and delivery of health care services. This is accomplished through an interdisciplinary program of research, consultation, technical assistance, and training that focuses on timely and policy-relevant questions concerning the accessibility, adequacy, organization, cost, and effectiveness of health care services, and the dissemination of this information to policymakers and the general public.

The ShepsGME Technical Assistance Center at the Cecil G. Sheps Center is recruiting a Research Associate to provide quantitative data management and analysis support under the direction of Mukesh Adhikari, Research Investigator. This position will work across state and federally funded technical assistance centers and projects supporting the development of new medical and dental training programs in underserved communities to expand the health workforce.

The Research Associate will support a portfolio of applied research studies and data projects under the direction of the senior leadership and research personnel. Day-to-day work centers on the hands-on tasks that keep quantitative research moving: assembling data from primary and secondary sources; cleaning, managing, and documenting datasets; running statistical analyses as directed; and preparing tables, figures, and written summaries that support reports, findings briefs, and manuscripts. The position carries out and applies analytic approaches under the principal investigator’s direction.

Principal functions include: (a) collecting, cleaning, managing, and documenting research data; (b) conducting quantitative analyses using Excel, Stata, R, and/or Python under the direction of the principal investigator; © preparing tables, figures, and summaries that support reports, briefs, and manuscripts; (d) maintaining well-documented, reproducible analytic code and workflows; and (e) providing administrative and project-coordination support. The role is well suited to a detail-oriented analyst who is comfortable taking direction and committed to the recurring, behind-the-scenes data work that reliable research depends on.

Master’s or Bachelor’s and 0-2 years’ experience; or will accept a combination of related education and experience in substitution.