Research Assistant II - Psychiatry

Kennedy Krieger Institute • Baltimore, MD

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About The Position

The Research Assistant II will provide research and administrative support to department, studies, and Institute initiatives. The incumbent will assist with recruitment of research patients, maintain a good working knowledge of study protocols and adhere to all protocol requirements, perform data entry and database tasks, coordinate and schedule program and research-related meetings, and create reports and data visualizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with research design, statistical analysis, and test scoring preferred.
• Previous administrative support experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist with recruitment of patients with psychiatric disorders and developmental disabilities such as anxiety disorders and autism spectrum disorders, as well as healthy control children, establishing contacts with various community sources and distributing study materials.
• Assist in screening affected and control patients for study enrollment.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date research records for study databases. Ensure appropriate data quality assurance procedures are implemented and adhered to, troubleshooting as needed.
• Provide administrative support including, but not limited to, scheduling meetings for clinicians, researchers, and staff; filing; organizing; typing; formatting; proofreading and copyediting research and program materials; creating PowerPoint presentations and data visualizations.
• Update existing recruitment literature (brochures, information packets, posters, WebPages) and create similar documents for new research protocols as they arise.
• Assist with literature reviews, manuscript preparation, and submission of National Institutes of Health (NIH) and/or private foundations grant applications.
• Assist in administration of psychiatric and psychological tests and eye tracking protocols, as well as obtaining mock and real Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans.
• Attend meetings involved with research grants, contracts, faculty, committees, coordination, and administration. Take meeting minutes and distribute minutes post-meeting.
• Assist with organizing and scheduling lectures for supported programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level