Industry: Behavioral

Salary: Competitive

Job type: Full-Time

The YETI Lab (www.yetilab.pitt.edu), under the supervision of Dr. Leslie Horton, is seeking a full-time Research Specialist to assist with study visits and participant recruitment for studies in the lab, including the YETI Phone Study, ProNET, and ProCAN Studies, NIMH-funded projects examining risk factors for psychosis in adolescents and emerging adults at clinical high-risk for psychosis. ProCAN, starting in fall/winter of 2024, will also examine medication-based treatment for young people at risk for psychosis. The Research Specialist will be conducting study visits and research procedures (e.g., clinical and cognitive assessments, ambulatory assessment, heart-rate based psychophysiology data collection, EEG, fMRI) with young people; assisting with project management and research tasks as needed.

Please submit a cover letter for your application to be considered.

This position is grant funded.

Responsibilities:

Independently execute job functions for research protocol(s) including recruitment, scheduling appointments, obtaining written consent forms, collecting data by conducting phone or face to face interviews for research project(s).
Collaborate with senior research personnel regarding recruitment, data collection, outcomes of interviews, reports according to the needs of the study.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Psychology, Neuroscience, Sociology or related research field.
Minimum of one year of work experience in a research project and/or related clinical setting is required.
Clinical or other work/ volunteer experience with adolescents and/or young adults strongly preferred.
Familiarity with computers and common software packages required. Previous experience with REDCap, heart rate variability data, fMRI, EEG, clinical trials, and/or ambulatory assessment data preferred
Working knowledge of research methodology strongly preferred.

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