University of Chicago
Research Position
The job provides support for scientific research projects focused on neurocognitive aspects of substances of abuse and of psychiatric disorders. Ensures compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates. Assists in coordination of study, analysis of data, and drafting presentations on research findings. Responsibilities include: Performing a variety of analyses of neuroimaging (functional and structural MRI, high-density EEG) data as part of psychiatric and related fields research program. Assisting with study design, implementation, and data acquisition, including cognitive task programming, scoring, coordination of research participant study visits. Providing data management, optimizing processing pipelines, learning new analysis techniques or software packages as they become available. Assisting with administrative tasks related to studies. Providing training and support in these techniques for other staff and students. This job provides technical and administrative support in a laboratory environment performing basic laboratory techniques, research and analysis under direction. Collects and enters data. Assists in analysis of data and with preparation of reports, manuscripts and other documents. Complies with institution, state and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives, and mandates. Performs other related work as needed. Minimum qualifications include vocational training, apprenticeships or the equivalent experience in a related field (not typically required to have a four-year degree). Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through less than 2 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include: Bachelor's degree. Two years of relevant research experience. Experience gained in school counts towards this qualification. Preferred competencies include: Knowledge of research technique and methods in relevant scientific field. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines. Work both independently and as a team member. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Application documents required: Resume/CV Cover Letter The documents MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
The job provides support for scientific research projects focused on neurocognitive aspects of substances of abuse and of psychiatric disorders. Ensures compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates. Assists in coordination of study, analysis of data, and drafting presentations on research findings. Responsibilities include: Performing a variety of analyses of neuroimaging (functional and structural MRI, high-density EEG) data as part of psychiatric and related fields research program. Assisting with study design, implementation, and data acquisition, including cognitive task programming, scoring, coordination of research participant study visits. Providing data management, optimizing processing pipelines, learning new analysis techniques or software packages as they become available. Assisting with administrative tasks related to studies. Providing training and support in these techniques for other staff and students. This job provides technical and administrative support in a laboratory environment performing basic laboratory techniques, research and analysis under direction. Collects and enters data. Assists in analysis of data and with preparation of reports, manuscripts and other documents. Complies with institution, state and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives, and mandates. Performs other related work as needed. Minimum qualifications include vocational training, apprenticeships or the equivalent experience in a related field (not typically required to have a four-year degree). Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through less than 2 years of work experience in a related job discipline. Preferred qualifications include: Bachelor's degree. Two years of relevant research experience. Experience gained in school counts towards this qualification. Preferred competencies include: Knowledge of research technique and methods in relevant scientific field. Strong written and verbal communication skills. Manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet tight deadlines. Work both independently and as a team member. Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail. Application documents required: Resume/CV Cover Letter The documents MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.