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A full-time Research Assistant position is available in the Oh Laboratory for Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience in the Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University.
This position entails both administrative and research responsibilities. The candidate will be responsible for recruiting and screening participants, maintaining participant records (e.g., consent forms, screening forms), assisting with the supervision and training of undergraduate students, and assisting day-to-day oversight of study maintenance. The Research Assistant will assist with ongoing behavioral/experimental, neuropsychological, and neuroimaging (fMRI and PET) data collection, image and non-image data management and quality control, and data analysis and manuscript and data preparation
The lab uses state-of-the-art cognitive neuroscience and multimodal neuroimaging methods to study neurocognitive mechanisms of visual memory and how they change with brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease pathology in cognitively normal older adults. The Oh laboratory is part of the Memory and Aging Program (MAP) at Butler Hospital, one of the leading clinical research centers for Alzheimer’s disease in the United States. The laboratory is also affiliated with the Carney Institute for Brain Science and Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University, providing a rich and collaborative training and research environment for innovative cognitive and brain science with clinical applications.
This is a fixed term position with a current end date of 05/31/2022 which may be extended based upon available funding. Start date is ideally between April 1, 2021 and June 30, 2021 with some flexibility.
*Education and Experience*
*Required:*
· Bachelor's degree in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, computer science or a related field and 1-2 years of experience in a related field
· Experience in programming (e.g., in Python, MATLAB, bash, R, Psychopy), analysis of human neuroimaging data, and familiarity with statistics are desirable.
*Preferred:*
· Research experience with data collection in human subjects.
*Job Competencies*
· Must possess excellent communication and strong organizational skills.
· Must demonstrate the ability to work independently as well as in a team setting.
· Flexibility in scheduling is also required (e.g., willingness to occasionally work week nights and weekends to accommodate participant schedules).
· The candidate will have no contraindications to entering Zone 4 of a 3T MRI scanner.
· The Research Assistant must provide their own transportation between research sites.
· Possesses a willingness and ability to support a diverse and inclusive campus community.
The position is open to international applicants who have already acquired legal status for working in the U.S.
For interested individuals, please apply through this website: https://secure-web.cisco.com/1ebuUeCtr5kVx--Ak98g0Z8Dpb-C-hr32lB68G879Th05dt.... For inquiries, please contact Dr. Hwamee Oh (hwamee_oh@brown.edu) for more information on the position.