Cancer Prevention Job Openings

Overview

Cures Start Here. At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, home to three Nobel laureates, interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch’s pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system to treat cancer. An independent, nonprofit research institute based in Seattle, Fred Hutch houses the nation’s first cancer prevention research program, as well as the clinical coordinating center of the Women’s Health Initiative and the international headquarters of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. Careers Start Here.

At Fred Hutch, we believe that the innovation, collaboration, and rigor that result from diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission of eliminating cancer and related diseases. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an antiracist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, antiracism, and inclusion.

Under the mentorship of the Project Coordinator and Principal Investigator, the Student Intern will assist with tasks throughout the entire research process, including preparing recruitment materials, helping with data entry and analysis, and performing other varied support functions related to research activities. The work completed for this internship can be counted as credit hours toward the student’s degree completion requirements.

This position will use a hybrid model in which some tasks will be performed in-person as authorized and using all COVID-19 precautions and some of the tasks will be performed remotely using the established infrastructure of collaborative software the Ceballos Studies (Microsoft Teams, Zoom, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Learn how to perform various research functions, including conducting qualitative interviews proofreading research documents (e.g. audiotape transcription, dictation for journal reviews, research budget justifications), performing background literature reviews, manage and track documentation related to recruitment of research participants, and in organizing and synthesizing information related to the research process
• Assist in developing and compiling documents and materials necessary for recruitment and consenting of research subjects and to help track each project’s progress
• Help manage and analyze audio and survey data collected from ongoing research projects. This will include verifying the accuracy of research study data, preparing data for computer input, recording data in research database files and data spreadsheets, generating summary statistics of the data, and providing assistance with writing and preparation of main study findings.
• This internship will provide introductory qualitative and statistical data analysis experience with ATLAS.ti and SPSS
• This internship will help the student develop strong verbal and written communication skills, as well as excellent customer service skills. It will provide the intern with work experience that requires a high level of attention to detail and organization
• Research group meetings and professional development trainings continue to occur regularly at Fred Hutch over teleconferencing software. The intern is invited to attend appropriate meetings and trainings to further develop their research experience and professional skills.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Current undergraduate student
• Interest in qualitative research methods and data management

Preferred qualifications

• Completion of introductory statistics
• Undergraduate qualitative or quantitative research experience
• Experience working with indigenous and Native American communities
• Interest in social determinants of health and anti-racism in research

Overview

Cures Start Here. At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, home to three Nobel laureates, interdisciplinary teams of world-renowned scientists seek new and innovative ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. Fred Hutch’s pioneering work in bone marrow transplantation led to the development of immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the immune system to treat cancer. An independent, nonprofit research institute based in Seattle, Fred Hutch houses the nation’s first cancer prevention research program, as well as the clinical coordinating center of the Women’s Health Initiative and the international headquarters of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. Careers Start Here.

At Fred Hutch, we believe that the innovation, collaboration, and rigor that result from diversity and inclusion are critical to our mission of eliminating cancer and related diseases. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems. Fred Hutch is in pursuit of becoming an antiracist organization. We are committed to ensuring that all candidates hired share our commitment to diversity, antiracism, and inclusion.

We are seeking a media-minded, health-and-food focused part-time Social Media Coordinator to join the Cook for Your Life at Fred Hutch team, in the Public Health Sciences Division of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. (This is a part-time position where effort is negotiable depending on the candidates’ skills and needs.)

Cook for Your Life is a free online resource that strives to teach healthy cooking and eating to people affected by cancer. For every stage of the cancer journey – prevention, survivorship, in-treatment symptom management – Cook for Your Life turns science-based nutrition guidelines and recommendations into easy, tasty recipes while also offering more cooking tips and helpful advice. The website is published in English and Spanish in order to reach a broad global audience. Multiple research studies are testing the impact of the website content on improving healthy eating in cancer survivors and their families. This position is part of the research team led by Dr. Heather Greenlee.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Associate Director of Cook for Your Life, Liza Schattenkerk, the Social Media Coordinator will help drive the social media strategy and editorial program forward by creating, editing and posting smart and engaging mixed-media content.

Responsibilities include:

• Update and maintain the social media calendar
• Manage the creation, content and posting of our social media programming
• Partner with content team to develop and execute social media campaigns to support brand initiatives
• Continuously monitor and analyze the effectiveness of our social tactics and strategy, and pivot to improve our efforts as necessary

Qualifications

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree (BA) in communications, marketing, English, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Minimum of one year’s experience in a social media role
• An understanding of social media strategy and trends
• Knowledge of social media platforms and tracking analytics for each
• Exceptional writing and grammar skills
• Excellent organizational skills; detail-oriented
• A passion for transforming lives and mission driven work

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Fluency in Spanish

A statement describing your commitment and contributions toward greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in your career or that will be made through work at Fred Hutch is requested of all finalists.