Richard Barrett

Email Address: barrett@uic.edu
College: Liberal Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology
Title: Associate Professor
Office: 4051 BSB Phone: 7082077974

Research Interest:
Population, Epidemiology, Health Disparities, Chicago Community Areas and Neighborhoods, Cancer, Chinese and Mongolian Societies and Populations, Uses of Social Indicators from multiple sources.

Minimum time commitment in hours per week: 6

Qualifications of a Student:
Prefer students with some background in social science research methods and/or introductory statistics (and some ability to use Excel, SPSS, SAS or STATA).

Brief Summary of what is expected from the student:
Work on a research project (either an independent project with me or jointly with researchers from the Institute for Health Research and Policy, especially the Center for Population Health and Health Disparities; see http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/populationhealthcenters/cphhd/centers.html). Students will produce research reports or a final paper.

Students should be self-starters, be able to work as a junior member of a research team, and to meet deadlines.

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