Term Research Assistant

Vanderbilt University • Nashville, TN

6h • Onsite

About The Position

The Term Research Assistant is a key individual contributor within the Department of Psychology in the College of Arts and Science at Vanderbilt University. This role provides scientific support to leadership and is responsible for developing, maintaining, executing, and disseminating findings from research studies and projects. The Term Research Assistant will specifically work with the Vanderbilt Computational Memory Lab under the supervision of Dr. Sean Polyn. This is a term role. The Department of Psychology is internationally renowned, housing award-winning professors who are distinguished scholars and dedicated to providing world-class education and training. The faculty's research centers around three major areas: Clinical Science, Cognition and Cognitive Neurosciences, and Neuroscience.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in psychology or a related field
• 1 year of experience with research in cognitive psychology, including experimental design
• Experience with Python Programming
• Basic data science and statistics
• Familiarity with experimental psychology literature, especially with regards to research on episodic and semantic memory

Responsibilities

• Lab management
• Supervision of undergraduate trainees
• Assistance in development, running and analysis of human behavioral memory experiments
• Assistance in grant and manuscript preparation

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees