Business: Boys Town National Research Hospital

Job Summary:

As a Research Assistant/Lab Manager of the Center for Neurobehavioral Research (CNR), you join us in our work understanding the neurobiological bases of adolescent externalizing and internalizing conditions. In this role, you will be an integral member of the scientific team and will have rich opportunities to participate in and learn from the Neurobehavioral Development Study and multiple other neurodevelopmental studies from across the CNR. 

The CNR and Boys Town National Research Hospital provide an ideal training environment for research assistants with extensive opportunities to learn about clinical practice and fMRI.

 

Review of applications will begin as soon as they are received and will continue until the position is filled.  Anticipated start date is July to August 2021.

Schedule: Full-Time, 40 hours a week

Responsibilities:

• Ensures that all laboratory materials, supplies, and equipment are ordered and available.
• Performs or assists in the recruitment of research participants, including patients. Collaborates with laboratory PI to understand their recruiting needs.
• Performs or assists in testing of research subjects.
• Maintains detailed records of test conditions and results.
• Manages purchasing of equipment and financial details (e.g. subject payment, petty cash, and mileage reimbursements).
• Regularly enters data into lab databases and ensures scoring and data accuracy.

Required Qualifications:

• Requires a BSc/BA degree directly related to the work involved in the research program (i.e., Psychology or Neuroscience).
• Experience in Mental Health or other forms of psychological research, preferred
• Job requires interpersonal skills, close attention to detail, and flexibility in duties performed.

 

About us: The Center for Neurobehavioral Research was established in 2016 to help improve the care of children through a better understanding of the neurobiology of mental health. With a new, dedicated and state-of-the-art 3 Tesla scanner as well as fNIRS capability, the CNR assesses approximately 300 adolescents and a comparable number of young children annually on a large neuroimaging battery, including tasks indexing emotion processing, decision-making and response control, to determine dysfunction in specific neuro-cognitive systems that underpin different forms of impaired mental health. In addition to in-home family services and residential treatment centers, Boys Town provides the Family Home Program^SM, a treatment foster-case program serving over 400 youth annually on the Boys Town campus in Omaha, Nebraska.  Youth participating in the Family Home Program^SM are scanned before and after treatment completion to determine treatment response. The CNR is also involved in the assessments of other interventions – both pharmacological and psychosocial. The CNR therefore offers a unique opportunity to study mechanisms underlying mental health issues in large samples, with a translational focus. The CNR provides a vigorous and highly collaborative research environment in which post-doctoral fellows participate in team-based projects.

 

For any questions/queries, please contact:

Sahil Bajaj, PhD

Director Multimodal Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory (MCNL)

E-mail: sahil.bajaj@boystown.org

&

James Blair, PhD

Director, Center for Neurobehavioral Research

E-mail: james.blair@boystown.org

About Boys Town:

Boys Town has been changing the way America cares for children and families since 1917. With over a century of service, our employees have helped us grow from a small boarding house in downtown Omaha, Nebraska, into one of the largest national child and family care organizations in the country. With the addition of Boys Town National Research Hospital in 1977, our services branched out into the health care and research fields, offering even more career opportunities to those looking to make a real difference.

Our employees are our #1 supporters when it comes to achieving Boys Town's mission, which is why we are proud of their commitment to making the world a better place for children, families, patients, and communities. Unique perks to Boys Town employees and their families include free visits to Boys Town physicians and free prescriptions under the Boys Town Medical Plan, tuition assistance, parenting resources from our experts and professional development opportunities within the organization, just to name a few. Working at Boys Town is more than just a job, it is a way of life.

Boys Town National Research Hospital is a tobacco free campus.   This advertisement describes the general nature of work to be performed and does not include an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, or abilities required. Boys Town is an equal employment opportunity employer and participates in the E-Verify program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status. To request a disability-related accommodation in the application process, contact us at 1-877-639-6003.