Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, February 03, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
Position: EEIDI Human Surveillance Research Assistants.
Slots: 2
Terms of Reference
Background
The EpiCenter for Emerging Infectious Disease Intelligence (EEIDI) brings together leading researchers to advance our understanding of virus emergence from wildlife in forests and rapidly urbanizing environments. Centered around human populations at high risk of animal-to-human disease spillover, our work focuses on arboviruses, filoviruses, and coronaviruses, which cause diseases such as Zika, Ebola, and COVID-19. As part of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Centers for Research in Emerging Infectious Diseases (CREID) Network, EEIDI is one of 10 emerging infectious disease research centers established in regions around the world where emerging and re-emerging infectious disease outbreaks are likely to occur. This international network is dedicated to advancing an understanding of ecological, immunological, and evolutionary mechanisms driving emerging viral threats.
Purpose
The EEIDI project in Uganda includes human surveillance that is integral to understanding disease spillover dynamics. Surveillance activities will include biological sampling, behavioral questionnaires and focus groups with the aim of understanding the biological and ecological drivers of disease transmission. In order to target and enroll human participants into the study, we are working with our local collaborators at the Bwindi Community Hospital, Rugarama Hospital, Gorilla Doctors and Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI). Human surveillance activities will require multiple research assistants who will work under the supervision of our human surveillance coordinator/manager to ensure that the activities pertaining to project deliverables are executed..

Essential Responsibilities
• Participate in training activities related to project protocols and standard operating procedures to ensure competency and proficiency among all research assistants and village health team (VHT) members
• Conduct human surveillance activities in the Bwindi or Kabale region (depending on hiring location) including: ensuring participants meet study eligibility criteria, enrollment and consent of participant, biological sampling (collection of blood samples and oro-pharyngeal swabs), questionnaire administration, and cold chain and sample transport
• Ensure biosafety and compliance with all protocols during specimen collection and handling
Work Environment
• Must be able to work effectively with diverse team members and stakeholders
• Must be able to work independently from a remote and rural location
• Must be able to travel to remote and rural regions of the Bwindi or within the Kabale region (depending on hiring location).

Qualifications
• Advanced training as a nurse or clinical medical officer
• Clinical skills in phlebotomy
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Organizational skills; demonstrated flexibility; skills to establish goals, prioritize workload and complete activities on time.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to deal with individuals at all levels and from various cultural backgrounds.
• Must be able to ride a motorcycle and possession of a motorcycle

Term
• This is a 3-year field project and for continuity of workflow we are seeking a candidate with availability for the duration of the project. Each contract will be for 1-year, with the expectation of annual renewal for 3 years.


Work Hours: 8

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Job application procedure
Interested individuals should send their applications to the Medical Superintendent, Rugarama Hospital with photocopies of their academic documents by 10th February 2021. Any application received after this date will not be considered

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