We are looking for volunteer research assistants (RAs) to help with a nation-wide survey of integrative therapy use in the U.S. hospital system. RAs will assist with data collection, including obtaining appropriate hospital contacts, conducting telephone calls with hospital staff, and inputting data.

Responsibilities:

• Obtaining appropriate hospital contact information
• Contacting hospitals through phone and email
• Speaking in a courteous manner to all hospital staff
• Following a script in a natural way
• Recording information accurately in Word and Excel
• Use of online software to input data

Skills and Qualifications:

• Highly experienced with Microsoft Office including Word and Excel
• Customer service skills; courteous and polite
• Ability to speak and understand English
• Data entry skills, accuracy is essential
• Ability to work well within a team and independently
• Access to the Internet and ability to make telephone calls through the United States
• Connections/working within the US healthcare system is an additional asset
• Background in research methodology, data analysis and publication a strong additional asset
• Human subjects training (CITI program) is also an asset but not required

Time commitment: A minimum of 5 hours per week for up to 9 months. Includes one biweekly team meeting and time surveying hospitals.

Benefits: Contribute to integrative medicine research. Receive acknowledgement in the scientific publication and potential opportunities for co-authorship depending on skills and experience.

If you are interested, please send your cover letter and CV to Natalie Dyer at dyern@uci.edu

Available on our web site, The Use of Reiki in Companion Animal Care: A Review of Its Applications in Dogs and Cats examines Reiki’s therapeutic potential and ethical considerations, and contributes to the growing discourse on holistic approaches in veterinary medicine, advocating for an inclusive model that embraces both conventional and alternative therapies.

For those interested in Reiki for animals, a reminder not to miss Veterinarian Claudia Barbieri’s oral presentation The Impact of Distant Reiki on Owner Assessment of Health and Well-Being in Adult Dogs: A Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized Trial at the International Reiki Research Conference on October 4th. (Single day conference registrations are available.)

Register for the conference here.