Graduate Research Assistant Openings
The following is a sampling of research faculty within the Department of Allied Health Sciences who are actively recruiting graduate research assistants for Fall 2025 admission.
Dr. Caitlin Caspi
e-mail:caitlin.caspi@uconn.edu
Program (MS/PhD):MS, PhD
Number of openings:1
Specific certifications/skills required:Degree in health-related field (Bachelor’s for MS or MS/MPH for PhD); Strong scientific writing skills; Experience with research project management, data management and/or statistical analyses.
Dr. Kristen Cooksey Stowers
e-mail: kristen.cooksey@uconn.edu
Program (MS/PhD): MS, PhD
Number of openings: 1
Specific certifications/skills required: Have taken a biostatistics course. Some experience working with communities. Familiarity with social determinants of health and/or health disparities literature.
Michael Copenhaver, PhD
Email: Michael.Copenhaver@UConn.edu
Program (MS/PhD): MS, PhD
Number of openings: 1-2
Specific certifications/skills required: Degree in health-related field (Bachelor’s for MS or MS/MPH for PhD); Strong scientific writing skills; Experience with research presentations/publications, data management and/or statistical analyses, and experience working in community-based addiction treatment/HIV prevention settings.
Dr. Sherry Pagoto
e-mail: sherry.pagoto@uconn.edu
Program (MS/PhD): MS, PhD
Number of openings: 1
Specific certifications/skills required: PhD – previous experience in digital health research for disease prevention (e.g., obesity, diabetes, CVD, cancer). MS – desire to prepare for PhD programs in clinical health psychology, public health, health communication, or similar.
Dr. Roman Shrestha
e-mail: roman.shrestha@uconn.edu
Research area keywords: mHealth, HIV, substance use, mental health, global health
Program (MS/PhD): MS, PhD
Number of openings: 1
Brief description of research: We have multiple ongoing projects, both in domestic and international settings, that focus on HIV and substance use prevention and mental health using mHealth technologies as an innovative platform to scale-up prevention efforts in key populations (e.g., PWID, MSM, TGW). Graduate students are involved in all phases of research, including grant writing, data collection tool/survey development, recruitment, retention, data management and analyses, and manuscript writing.
Specific certifications/skills required: Bachelor’s degree in health-related field and familiarity with statistical software such as R, SAS, or SPSS (MS); master’s degree in health-related and familiarity with statistical software such as R, SAS, or SPSS (PhD).