The research assistant will support a CDC-funded project focused on implementing SafERteens, a youth violence prevention program. The primary job task is to work with a team of analysts to clean and abstract a large data set of community surveillance data in Excel. The research assistant may help with other research tasks as needed, such as participant tracking or preparing materials for research sites.

· Strong attention to detail.

· Proficiency in Excel and ability to follow data cleaning and abstraction protocol.

· Must complete PEERRS Human Subjects Research Protections training and follow good clinical practice.

· Previous human subjects research experience is preferred.

· An interest in youth violence prevention, including firearm violence prevention in health care and community settings.