Research Technician I - Psychological & Brain Sciences

Washington University in St. Louis • Hadley, MO

2d • $17 - $22

About The Position

The research technician will work with the PI to start up the Psychosis Prediction and Prevention Lab, which conducts a wide variety of behavioral, electrophysiology, and neuromodulation studies with healthy populations and adults and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. The employee will participate in the collection and analysis of data. In addition, this position will have various other lab management duties.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent high school certification or combination of education and/or experience.
• No specific certification/professional license is required for this position.
• No specific work experience is required for this position.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience with psychological, clinical, and/or neuroscience research.
• This position requires interaction with undergraduate students and community study participants experiencing symptoms across the psychosis spectrum, as well as interaction with lab members, so excellent communication and social skills would be highly preferable.
• Previous experience with computerized testing of cognitive phenomena and EEG.
• Experience with coding languages in order to process the behavioral and EEG experiments, as well as experience with statistical and computing programs (e.g., R, MATLAB, Python, SPSS).
• Bachelor’s degree or combination of education and/or experience may substitute for minimum education.
• Research (4 Years)

Responsibilities

• Recruiting and running participants through various research studies that are to be conducted in the lab.
• Collecting and analyzing behavioral and EEG data for various research studies that are to be conducted in the lab.
• Writing computer code to implement computerized experiments for the research studies that are to be conducted in the lab.
• Purchasing lab equipment (e.g., lab supplies, a printer, computers for new lab members).
• Revising and editing manuscripts.
• Supervising undergraduate research assistants.
• Occasional contact with the IRB to update (e.g., add new researchers) and maintain (submit renewal requests) research protocols.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Up to 22 days of vacation, 10 recognized holidays, and sick time.
• Competitive health insurance packages with priority appointments and lower copays/coinsurance.
• Take advantage of our free Metro transit U-Pass for eligible employees.
• WashU provides eligible employees with a defined contribution (403(b)) Retirement Savings Plan, which combines employee contributions and university contributions starting at 7%.
• Wellness challenges, annual health screenings, mental health resources, mindfulness programs and courses, employee assistance program (EAP), financial resources, access to dietitians, and more!
• We offer 4 weeks of caregiver leave to bond with your new child. Family care resources are also available for your continued childcare needs. Need adult care? We’ve got you covered.
• WashU covers the cost of tuition for you and your family, including dependent undergraduate-level college tuition up to 100% at WashU and 40% elsewhere after seven years with us.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED