Dr. Alison Hipwell co-directs the Pittsburgh Girls Study (PGS) in which a sample of 2,450 girls from the City of Pittsburgh has been followed annually for 20 years to track developmental patterns and contextual influences on health. Several current projects are focused on stress exposures and perinatal, metabolic, and cardiovascular health. This role will support the Pittsburgh site of the NIH ECHO (Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes) Study, a large-scale, longitudinal study of pregnant women and their offspring.

The Ld Medical Records Abstractor will work alongside the Research Manager to request research participant health records from hospitals outside the UPMC system and abstract data from internal and external health records according to the established study protocols. This role will coordinate all aspects of the abstraction process, including development of training, research participant tracking, and quality control measures.

This position is gr...