Posted
Tues., June 22
Organization
Vaccine Safety and Confidence-Building Working Group at the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy
Position Description
The Vaccine Safety and Confidence-Building Working Group (VacSafe WG) is seeking a research assistant to help with data visualization, desktop research, and editorial and documentation tasks. VacSafe WG supports projects that generate, scale, and analyze actively-collected vaccine safety surveillance and pharmaco-vigilance data in Africa.
Responsibilities include:
- Maintaining an interactive Vaccines in Africa map using Python, Pandas, and Jupyter notebooks
- Collecting publicly available COVID and vaccination news/data in support of the Vaccines in Africa Brief and pilot project needs
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Composing, editing, and publishing WG documents including monthly Vaccines in Africa briefs, pilot project documentation, and reporting
Position Requirements
- Full-time enrolled student
- Proficiency with frontend data visualization, GeoJSON, GeoPandas, and other geographic/mapping data formats and Python packages, HoloViews, hvplot, and bokeh a plus
- Background or familiarity with either public health and/or international politics a plus
Time Commitment
Part-time (ten to fifteen hours per week)
Compensation
$20 per hour
Apply
Please email a short cover letter and resume to Harlowe Wang with the subject “VacSafe Graduate Assistant - [Name].”
