Research Technician

Vanderbilt University • Nashville, TN

15d • Onsite

About The Position

This position includes actively supporting a NIH funded project on personal space regulation in psychosis-spectrum conditions. The responsibilities include general psychological lab management including IRB applications, subject recruitment, data management, psychological testing and collecting data on experimental tasks. Tasks may also include serving as the contact person for collaborating laboratories and supervising undergraduate students. Reporting directly to the Principal Investigator, the Research Assistant will be a contact person for the laboratory. This is an excellent position for those who would like to gain research experiences prior to applying to graduate or medical schools.

About the Work Unit: The internationally renowned Department of Psychology houses several award-winning professors who are distinguished scholars in their respective fields and who are dedicated to providing world-class education and training to our undergraduate and graduate students. While our course curriculum encompasses all of the sub-disciplines of Psychology, the research of our faculty centers around three major areas: Clinical Science, Cognition and Cognitive Neurosciences, and Neuroscience.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Neuroscience or related fields
• Knowledge of experimental psychology
• Knowledge of some coding (e.g. Matlab, Python or other)
• Analytical & Detail Oriented
• flexibility
• social skills & empathy
• Honest and Transparent
• motivated and hardworking
• excellent writing and communication skills

Nice To Haves

• some experience with clinical science would be helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Active recruitment of participants
• Schedule participants
• Manage participant payments
• Conduct psychological tests after training.
• Collect data on experimental tasks
• Manage IRB
• Organizing the lab's computers and software
• Demonstrate an understanding of methods and techniques.
• Provide appropriate written documentation of laboratory procedures.
• Serve as the contact person for collaborating labs at Vanderbilt.
• Willingness to work some weekends, some holidays, and overtime if needed (with overtime pay) as some participants may not be available during the week.
• Supervise undergraduate students in the lab (e.g. overseeing their work schedule, assigning tasks)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees