A FULL-TIME LAB MANAGER/RESEARCH
ASSISTANT is sought by the Social Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory (www.sdnlaboratory.com) at Stony Brook
University (Dr. Johanna Jarcho, Director), to begin in Summer 2017. The
lab aims to isolate neural mechanisms and corresponding behavior that support
normative development of social cognition, or increase risk for and expression
of deficits in social competence linked to psychopathology. Behavioral,
eye tracking, EEG, and fMRI methods are used to achieve these aims. The
individual who fills this position will be involved in numerous aspects of the
research process (e.g., recruiting, screening and running adult and adolescent
participants, study design and implementation, preprocessing and analysis of
data, preparation of publications) and contribute to day-to-day operations of
the lab (e.g., various administrative duties, oversight of volunteer RAs, IRB
management). This 2-year position is ideal for a highly motivated individual
who plans to apply to graduate school in psychology or related fields.
Essential Duties:
- Data Acquisition: recruiting, schedule, staff, and run research visits with adult and adolescent participants (25%)
- Management: training and supervising volunteer research assistants (25%)
- Coordination: coordination, scheduling for lab, budgeting, approval of research by oversight bodies, and administrative tasks of the laboratory (20%)
- Data Analysis: study design, data management, and analysis (15%)
- Special Projects: Assisting the Principal Investigator in the preparation of presentations, manuscripts, and grant applications (15%)
Preferred Degree/Qualification:
- Bachelor’s degree in Psychology or related field in hand or by official start date
- Prior experience with fMRI, EEG, eye tracking, and/or psychophysiology data collection and analysis
- Experience with EPrime, Matlab, and/or Python
- Prior experience working with and/or collecting data with children
Required
Qualifications: (Evidenced
by an attached resume)
- Associate’s or Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field.
- Ability to demonstrate professional competence in research activities.
- Experience working in psychology, neuroscience, or related lab.
Interested applicants should:
1. Submit a formal application at
the following website:
2. Send their CV, a cover letter
describing their research interests and career goals, and two letters of
reference to Dr. Jarcho (johanna.jarcho@stonybrook.edu)
Please include "FULL-TIME
LAB MANAGER/RESEARCH ASSISTANT” in the subject line.
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