The Substance Abuse Research Program (SARP) Research Associate position is with the research team in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Services at the University of California, San Francisco and at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital (ZSFG). SARP promotes evidence-based addiction prevention and treatment services through NIH sponsored studies and through its affiliation with the Western States Node of the Clinical Trials Network. In addition, SARP is invested in the development of early career researchers in substance use and promoting researcher diversity in the addiction research field, hosting the NIDA-funded T32 Postdoctoral Training Program in Substance Use Disorders Treatment and Services Research and the NIDA-funded R25 Learning for Early Careers in Addiction and Diversity (LEAD) Program.

The individual will work closely with Dr. Carmen Masson, SARP research assistants, and study collaborators and partners, to help coordinate and support Dr. Carmen Massons' research grants, primarily the BEAT OUD study. Under the supervision of both Dr. Carmen Masson and the Program Administrator the incumbent will provide both clinical and research assistance through a variety of tasks, including: 1) aiding with participant recruitment, screening, consenting, enrollment, and retention; 2) surveying people experiencing homelessness who have opiate use disorder (OUD); 3) primary and secondary data collection and database management, and 4) attending project-related meetings and trainings. The individual will spend 60-80% of their time working/traveling in the San Francisco to complete the aforementioned tasks.