2024-2025 Student Research Assistant Recruitment

The California Youth Advocacy Network (CYAN), in partnership with the Public Health Institute/Alcohol Research Group (PHI/ARG) and Ohlone College, are conducting a pilot study to examine community college student tobacco use and co-use with alcohol and cannabis; investigate the extent of student screening and intervention services; and identify student-centered strategies for increased utilization of substance abuse services.  Funding for this project is from the Tobacco Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP), a program of the University of California Office of the President.

This position is not a traditional student assistant job with regular set hours or a pre-determined scope of work. There will be a set of required activities that all student researchers will be expected to do such as attend training and support qualitative and quantitative data collection. Student Research Assistants will receive $20/hr. The full job description can be viewed here.

Key Project activities

Students will have an opportunity to receive training and participate in research activities with academic and community partners. Core activities include but are not limited to:

• Development of key informant and focus group interview guides

• Participate in student focus groups at community colleges

• Transcription of notes from interviews

• Qualitative data analysis (i.e., key informant interviews, focus groups)

• Quantitative data analysis (i.e., surveys)

• Draft manuscripts

For questions about this position, please contact Kim Homer Vagadori at kim@cyanonline.org or Sang Leng Trieu at strieu@ohlone.edu.