Research Support Specialist

Stony Brook University•Stony Brook, NY

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Research Support Specialist (RSS) supports clinical research studies involving behavioral tasks, brain imaging (such as MRI, PET, and EEG), and/or neuromodulation (such as rTMS) with psychiatric patients and healthy participants. The role involves direct interaction with participants and occasionally their collaterals, as well as coordination with scanner technicians and research and clinical personnel, including principal investigators and physicians. The RSS recruits, screens, and schedules participants; conducts study procedures; and may accompany participants to imaging scans or TMS sessions to administer behavioral and imaging tasks and collect study-related information. Occasional travel to treatment facilities and clinics for recruitment or onsite procedures may be required. The position also involves setting up and using computers and specialized research equipment, maintaining collected data in an electronic database, preparing reports for the principal investigator, updating study protocol documents, managing medical charts, and ensuring compliance with Institutional Review Board policies. The RSS helps maintain study budget records and may assist with volunteer research assistants. Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills, an interest in research, and dedication to regulatory compliance are important.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher).
Experience through employment, internship, and/or volunteer work in a research laboratory involving brain imaging of human subjects.
Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and time-management skills.
Passion for research and dedication to complying with applicable regulatory requirements.
Resume/CV and cover letter must be included with the online application.
Candidates requiring work visa sponsorship cannot be sponsored for this position.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher) in a field relevant to human-subjects research, such as Psychology, Cognitive Science, or Biomedical Engineering.
Three or more months of prior employment, internship, and/or volunteer work in a research laboratory involving brain imaging of human subjects.
Experience involving direct interaction with psychiatric or neurological patient populations.
Laboratory experience with brain imaging and/or brain stimulation as a research tool.
Experience working in a hospital or medical center setting.
Experience with data collection and management for human-subjects research.
Experience preparing regulatory materials, such as IRB materials or grant progress reports.
Experience with purchasing and/or budget management and reconciliation.

Responsibilities

Conduct onsite study procedures with patients and healthy controls.
Recruit, screen, and schedule research participants.
Accompany participants to MRI and PET scans and/or TMS sessions, as applicable, and conduct behavioral and imaging tasks.
Collect study-related information and maintain collected data in an electronic database.
Maintain study charts and ensure compliance with Institutional Review Board policies.
Update study protocol documents and provide reports to the principal investigator as needed.
Help maintain a federally funded study budget, including participant payments, receipt reconciliation, principal investigator travel, and ordering study supplies.
Set up and use computers and other specialized research equipment.
Interact with participants and occasionally their collaterals, scanner technicians, and research and clinical personnel.
Travel occasionally to treatment facilities and clinics for participant recruitment or onsite study procedures, as required.
Assist in managing volunteer research assistants.
Perform other duties as assigned.