Dec 12, 2018

December and May Grads: Don't miss this researcher coordinator position with Harvard's Stress and Development Lab!

Research Coordinator Position
Stress and Development Lab
Harvard University
begins Summer 2019

Description:
An experienced, independent, and highly-organized individual is sought
for a full-time Research Coordinator position in the Stress and Development Laboratory at Harvard University Psychology Department,
run by Katie McLaughlin, PhD. The position will begin in summer 2019
(ideally June). Our research examines the impact of environmental
experience on children’s development. Most of our studies are focused
on identifying developmental mechanisms linking adverse environmental
experiences to the onset of psychopathology.

Overview:
Under the supervision of Dr. McLaughlin, the individual in this
position will be involved in managing an active research lab with
several large grants and participate in many aspects of the research

Duties and Responsibilities:· Collect data from children, adolescents, and parents in
multi-modal studies involving psychophysiology, neuroimaging, and
mental health assessments
· Supervise a team of research assistants in data collection and
data management
· Prepare IRB applications
· Program behavioral tasks
· Clean and organize data for analysis
· Develop and maintain databases for participant recruitment and tracking process, including recruitment of children and adolescents into
research, preparation of IRB applications, data collection, supervision of volunteer research assistants, data management,programming behavioral tasks, and development and maintenance of a
database for participant recruitment and tracking. These duties will
primarily focus on an intensive repeated-measures fMRI study examining
dynamic changes in neural networks following exposure to stress in
adolescents. Data collection for these studies involves acquisition
of psychophysiology and MRI data in addition to assessments of mental
health and exposure to stress and adversity.

Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree in a relevant academic area
· Experience working with children and adolescents
· Experience with task presentation software (e.g., Eprime,
Psychopy, MATLAB) is preferred
· Experience in analyzing neuroimgaging data (i.e., MRI, fMRI,
DTI) and comfort working in a command-line environment (e.g., Linux)
is preferred

Please contact us for details on how to apply: sdlab@fas.harvard.edu

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