Full-time Research Coordinator Position

The Youth VIEW Team is hiring! We are seeking a full-time research coordinator to join our federally funded study examining social and emotional factors that influence mental and physical health of children with blindness or visual impairment. This project is supported by a five-year R01 grant funded by the National Eye Institute, currently in the second year of the award. The study is moving quickly, and we are seeking a full-time coordinator to join our team, which includes two other full-time staff along with graduate and undergraduate research assistants. To learn more about our project, check out our website or the NIH Reporter description of our project.

This position would be excellent for someone with an undergraduate degree in psychology or a related field looking for additional research training before pursuing graduate school. Duties include study administrative management, IRB submissions, financial processing, participant recruitment (with some travel for recruitment events), conducting human subjects research with blind or visually impaired youth (ages 9-17) and their parent or guardian, and data management and processing. Opportunities to present scientific research at academic conferences and to contribute to manuscripts are available, both for data from this study (as it is collected) and, on a volunteer basis, from the two Principal Investigators’ existing research projects.

The Youth VIEW team is co-led by Dr. Adam Schmidt (PRYDE Lab link) and Dr. Sarah Victor at Texas Tech University. Drs. Schmidt and Victor are clinical psychologists with strong track records of mentorship, collaboration, and study administration. We are committed to supporting trainees from a variety of backgrounds, and accessibility is a core value of our team, which includes multiple disabled members.

This is a full-time, benefits-eligible position requiring at minimum 12-month commitment (we anticipate that this position will be available for at least 3+ years, for those interested in a longer position, but a commitment beyond one year is not required). Relocation to the study administrative site is strongly preferred. Candidates may start as soon as April 2026, with options for later start dates (e.g., early summer) for those graduating this spring.

Applications will be reviewed starting immediately until the position is filled, with full consideration to all applications submitted by March 15. To apply, please submit a cover letter and CV, along with contact information for three professional references, to the TTU HR portal here (or go to https://www.texastech.edu/careers/ and search for position 43871BR). Please direct questions to both Dr. Victor at sarah.victor@ttu.edu and Dr. Schmidt at adam.t.schmidt@ttu.edu. Pursuant to Texas Tech policy, we are unable to sponsor new H-1B petitions (see disclaimer on HR website for details).