Laboratory Study Coordinator (Laboratory Research Assistant)

MEININGER Hotels; Irving (TX); On-site; Full time

Job summary

A premier research institution seeks a Laboratory Manager to assist in running studies on psychosis spectrum disorders. The role includes participant assessment, maintaining research databases, and overseeing the lab's operations. Candidates with a Bachelor's degree and research experience are encouraged to apply.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental insurance

Generous paid time off plans

Paid leave for new parents

Employee assistance program (EAP)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; 1 year laboratory experience preferred.
• Strong communication and organizational skills needed.
• Flexibility to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Assesses participant symptoms and runs experimental paradigms.
• Maintains research databases and recruits participants.
• Oversees laboratory specimen management and data analysis.

Skills

Proficient communication skills

Time management

Professionalism

Dependability

Education

Bachelor's degree in science or health-related discipline

Tools

SPSS

R

Qualtrics

REDCap

Unix

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

The Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience Center (CCNC) seeks a Laboratory Manager to assist PI Dr. Alexandra Moussa-Tooks in the day-to-day activities of studies that examine sensorimotor, cognitive, and neural processes in psychosis spectrum disorders. The CCNC focuses on the psychosis spectrum, but the role of adversity and trauma in psychopathology and brain in adult and developmental samples. The center is within the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Indiana University Bloomington and is led by Drs. Alexandra Moussa-Tooks, William Hetrick, and Krista Wisner.

Job Summary

This team is vibrant and versatile, and this position will help conduct investigations of cerebellar contributions to behavioral alterations in cognitive processes (e.g., proprioception, motor coordination, learning, modeling and model updating, timing) and psychotic symptoms over time. Methodologies currently employed include self-reports, clinical interviews, cognitive testing, behavioral and motor tasks, computational modeling, and magnetic resonance imaging (structural MRI, functional MRI, diffusion-weighted imaging, resting state functional connectivity, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy).
Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Assesses symptoms and cognition.
• Runs participants through experimental paradigms and/or neuroimaging protocols.
• Maintains research databases and IRB protocols.
• Recruits research participants.
• Completes various forms of assessments/protocols with research participants.

General Responsibilities

• Responsible for the initiation, monitoring, completion, and reporting of routine to moderately complex research studies.
• Organizes and implements data review and analysis.
• Oversees the proper handling of laboratory specimens including processes, shipping, storage, and documentation and transfer to designated central laboratories.
• Conducts data quality assurance practices.
• Prepares research summaries and assists in progress report development.
• Maintains laboratory work areas and supply inventory.

Qualifications

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION
Required

• Bachelor's degree in science or health-related discipline

WORK EXPERIENCE
Preferred

• 1 year of laboratory experience
• Exposure to clinical psychopathology
• Experience with research

SKILLS
Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Highly thorough and dependable

Preferred

• Ability to work in and around 3 Tesla MRI
• Familiarity with SPSS/R, Qualtrics/REDCap, Unix/C, Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• Familiarity with symptoms associated with psychiatric presentations
• Familiarity with semi-structured interviews (e.g., SCID) or cognitive testing (e.g., WAIS)
• Familiarity with physiological assessment methods (MRI, EEG, EMG/ECG/EDA)
• Interest in gaining hands-on experience and professional development before pursuing doctoral training in psychology, medicine, neuroscience, or a related field

Working Conditions / Demands

The role regularly requires the ability to effectively communicate. The role frequently requires the ability to move about the work environment and to position oneself to operate laboratory equipment effectively. The role requires the ability to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds and will occasionally work near moving mechanical parts. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Bloomington, Indiana

Advertised Salary

$18.57 per hour

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .

Job Classification

Career Level: Intermediate
FLSA: Nonexempt
Job Function: Research
Job Family: Laboratory Research
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