What we do here changes the world. UTHealth Houston is Texas' resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That's where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave. It's because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you'd expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time - all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you'll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees! As a world-renowned institution, our employees' wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and highly motivated Research Support Assistant to join our dynamic research team. In this role, you will play a critical part in supporting qualitative and quantitative research efforts by conducting in-depth interviews, analyzing qualitative data, and managing follow-up survey data collection. Your work will directly contribute to advancing research insights, ensuring data integrity, and driving impactful findings.

The ideal candidate is an excellent communicator with a strong foundation in qualitative research methods, a sharp analytical mindset, and a commitment to meticulous data handling. You will work closely with researchers to gather, organize, and interpret data that informs ongoing studies and contributes to high-quality publications and reports.

Position Key Accountabilities:

Handles general inquiries and collects and processes paperwork related to study participants and research data collection.

Schedules study participants for interviews, educational training sessions, or clinical testing/physicals.

Conducts phone surveys with study participants.

Prepares documents and collection kits for field data collection activities.

Assists in the preparation of graphs, tables, study reports and presentation materials.

May assist in data entry.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

Minimum Education:

High school diploma required. Must be currently enrolled or will be enrolled in Bachelor's Degree Program or higher.

Minimum Experience:

None.

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds frequently and/or a negligible amount constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:
This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code §51.215 and Texas Government Code §411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code §117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R. §791.4.
Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.