Health Psychology (HIV and LGBT issues)
To find out about this 499 opportunity contact:
| Contact name: | Keren Lehavot |
| Telephone: | (206) 543-9151 |
| Email: | klehavot@u.washington.edu |
Faculty Information
| Faculty Advisor: | Jane Simoni, Ph.D. Professor, Clinical Practicum Director; Adjunct Professor of Women Studies and of Global Health |
| Department: | Psychology |
| Office: | Guthrie 323 |
| Telephone: | (206) 685-3291 |
| Email: | jsimoni@uw.edu@u.washington.edu |
| Psychology Area | Clinical PsychologyAdult Clinical Health Psychology |
Does faculty advisor meet with students? | Yes |
| If yes, how often? | Weekly, at lab meetings. |
Direct supervisor of students: | Karen Lehavot |
| Supervisor Title: | Grad Student, Psychology |
| Will 499 students participate in weekly or biweekly discussions sessions about research or project? | Yes |
Short Project Description
We are currently working on several different projects. Our main project examines a peer support intervention to increase adherence rates taken by HIV+ individuals. Other projects involve an adherence intervention in China, a health survey of gay and lesbian Native Americans, sexual satisfaction in lesbian partnerships, overlapping racial and sexual minority identities, partner violence among HIV+ women and gay men, and gender/cross-cultural issues in primary HIV prevention. Research assistants would be active in all aspects of research, from data collecting, data entry and analysis of data, to library research, to writing up results for publication. Individual interests of the research assistants will be taken into account and we will try to adhere to preferences as much as possible.
Work Schedule
| Min. number of hours/weekstudent must work: | 6 |
| Evenings/weekends OK? | Yes |
| Times a student must bepresent/work: | Flexible |
| Student commitment: | 1 quarter (though 2 or more is preferred) |
499 Responsibilities
| Working with Data | Working with Subjects | Working with Animals/physiology | |||
| 10 | % data entry | 0 | % video taping | 0 | % animal care |
| 20 | % database management | 0 | % interview subjects | 0 | % animal observation |
| 0 | % encoding data | 0 | % scheduling appt | 0 | % surgical techniques |
| 50 | % library research | 0 | % running subjects | 0 | % histology |
| 20 | % data collection | 0 | % child care | 0 | % laboratory protocols |
| 0 | % recruiting subjects | ||||
Other: Interested students can help to write research findings into conference presentations.
Skills / Experience Preferred
Having some familiarity with statistics would be helpful, but not necessary. Basic familiarity with Word, PowerPoint and any statistical packages (SPSS) would be great, but again, not necessary.
Posting Removal
08/31/2010