Submitted by Susana L Matias, PhD on
The SPUR apprentice will work with Dr. Susana Matias on a research project focused on increasing awareness, cultivation, and consumption of Moringa in California. This project ends in March/April 2023; the SPUR apprentice will work in another project in Dr. Matias lab after that. In this study, we will:
- Coordinate an educational workshop/webinar about Moringa for the campus community, and
- Implement a pilot study to test acceptability, adherence, and safety of providing Moringa leaves (as powder) to adult study participants
The SPUR apprentice will support different study activities, such as coordination of educational/recruitment events, screen, recruit, interview and follow study participants, and/or collect clinical research data.
The SPUR apprentice team will work with another undergraduate student, be directly supervised by a Graduate Student Researcher (GSR), and attend weekly lab meetings.
- Conduct literature reviews, summarize findings in Excel template, and maintain reference manager library (in EndNote)
- Assist in the coordination of educational activity
- Support recruitment of pilot participants
- Participate in data collection via interviews and/or clinical measurements (in person)
- Distribute Moringa supplements to pilot study participants (in person)
- Coursework in epidemiology, public health, and/or nutrition (required)
- Experience doing interviews, focus groups or surveys
- Experience (or interest in) collecting clinical data (e.g. vitals)
- Organized, detail oriented, approachable, and reliable
- Biomedical CITI training certificate (required by starting date)
- Familiar with Qualtrics (desirable)
- Bilingual in any language widely spoken in the Bay Area (optional)