Research Student PD
About The Position
The Research Student reports to the Principal Investigator and provides assistance to project staff as needed. The role conducts research protocols in conjunction with project staff, including data-related tasks, participant recruitment, assistance during lab and home sessions, biospecimen handling, coding, and literature reviews. The incumbent works independently within established laboratory and human-subject guidelines and refers matters requiring policy or procedure clarification to a supervisor. Brown University Health employees are expected to model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence, and demonstrate the core Success Factors: Instill Trust and Value Differences, Patient and Community Focus, and Collaborate. The position is per diem, with variable work hours and some evening or weekend sessions and on-call rotation responsibilities.
Requirements
- Must be a matriculating student in a four-year college program and graduating with a bachelor's degree by spring 2025.
- No experience needed.
- Requires standing, bending, and sitting.
- Requires sufficient visual acuity and manual dexterity to use a computer keyboard and other common office equipment.
- Must work independently within established laboratory protocol and/or human-subject guidelines, referring specific problems to a supervisor when clarification of departmental policies or procedures is needed.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research protocols with project staff.
- Perform data entry, data cleaning, data analyses, and data programming tasks as needed.
- Assist with participant recruitment through community and OB office site postings and telephone screening.
- Assist research assistants during lab and home sessions, including some evening and weekend sessions.
- Assist with collection, processing, and storage of biospecimens; this may involve participation in a lab evening/weekend on-call rotation.
- Code fetal-infant behavior and/or brain regions.
- Conduct literature reviews.
- Maintain quality assurance, safety, environmental, and infection control in accordance with established hospital department policies, procedures, and objectives.
- Perform other related duties as required.
