Behavioral Science Research Support Specialist

Vanderbilt; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee seeks a researcher to run in-person experimental sessions, design and pilot behavioral experiments, and train computational models. You will manage recruitment, set up equipment, and write Python scripts to analyze human data.

The role also includes organizing meetings, preparing progress reports, and presenting study updates to the lab, with a preference for candidates experienced in REDCap and machine learning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cognitive science, neuroscience or related field.
• Preferred experience with clinical study recruitment, REDCap, and machine learning.

Responsibilities

• Run in-person experimental sessions, including recruitment, setting up equipment, and administering questionnaires.
• Design and pilot behavioral experiments, and write and maintain experiment scripts in Python.
• Train and evaluate computational models on curated datasets, and write analysis scripts to compare model representations and learning curves against human behavioral data.
• Organize lab meetings and project check-ins, prepare agendas, circulate notes and action items, and present study progress to the lab.

Skills

Python

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in cognitive science or neuroscience

Tools

REDCap

Scikit-learn

Job description

Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee seeks a researcher to run in-person experimental sessions, design and pilot behavioral experiments, and train computational models. You will manage recruitment, set up equipment, and write Python scripts to analyze human data.

The role also includes organizing meetings, preparing progress reports, and presenting study updates to the lab, with a preference for candidates experienced in REDCap and machine learning.