Research Intern- Vasudevan

UT Southwestern Medical Center • Dallas, TX

16h • Onsite

About The Position

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career! This position works under general supervision to assist, receive training, and acquire working knowledge of each department's areas of responsibilities.

Requirements

• Enrolled in an academic institution as either an undergraduate or graduate student
• Must be in good standing academically
• Intern is expected to take appropriate safety and compliance training as determined by his/her home department and UT Southwestern policy
• No experience required

Responsibilities

• Intern will learn how to use a closed-loop real-time analysis framework for electrophysiological data.
• Implement two experimental designs on somatosensory perception within this framework: a conscious detection threshold task and a multi-sensory perception task.
• Learn how to work with single-neuron data, based on existing datasets.
• Potentially contributing to the development of an sEEG localization analysis.
• Read and understand core literature on intracortical brain-computer interfacing.
• Shadow test sessions, to learn the practices of data collection with patients.
• Attend group meeting within our Department.
• Specific duties will depend upon the goals of the training program and the intern's qualifications. Duties may include, but are not limited to: analyzing data, performing laboratory experiments, and/or auditing research charts and entering data.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees