Research Associate

montefiore; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 56,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation days

Holidays

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Conference days

Job summary

Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, NY is seeking a Research Associate for the CODA Project (Culturally Optimizing DBT for Adolescents) to support a grant-funded DBT-A program for 2026-2028. The role focuses on cultural humility and anti-racism in serving youths aged 13–18 and their caregivers.

The fellow will collaborate on elevating BIPOC voices, enhancing family engagement, and expanding DBT-A services, with a comprehensive benefits package and generous leave.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 1–2 years of experience in a similar role required.
• Strong interest in cultural humility, antiracism, and intersectionality.
• Spanish-speaking candidates or BIPOC community members are encouraged to apply.

Skills

1-2 years experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Research Associate Position - The CODA (Culturally Optimizing DBT for Adolescents) Project

City/State: Bronx, New York
Grant Funded: Yes
Department: PSYCH - ADMINISTRATION MOSES
Work Shift: Day
Work Days: MON-FRI
Scheduled Hours: 8:30 AM-5 PM
Scheduled Daily Hours: 7.5 HOURS
Pay Range: $56,000.00-$70,000.00

The Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine on Moses Campus, Bronx, NY is now accepting applications for a one or two-year (preferred), full-time research associate position in the Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) Program for 2026-2028. The DBT-A Program serves adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 and their caregivers. DBT is an evidence-based psychotherapy that blends standard cognitive-behavioral therapy with the eastern philosophy of mindfulness. Designed for individuals who engage in suicidal, self-injurious, and high-risk behaviors, DBT has been shown to help keep multi-problem teens in outpatient care, decrease inpatient hospitalizations, and reduce depression, anxiety, borderline personality disorder symptoms, and self-injury and suicide attempts.

The research associate will collaborate on a grant project that aims to optimize DBT-A to incorporate cultural humility, antiracism and intersectionality principles, center voices of BIPOC youth through continuous collaboration, enhance engagement from families and communities, explore protective factors for suicide among BIPOC youth, and expand the capacity of Montefiore's DBT-A Program to provide services to BIPOC youth.

The fellow will be provided with a full and comprehensive benefit package, including 20 vacation days, 9 hospital holidays, 12 sick days, and 5 conference days.

Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelors Degree required
• One to two years experience in a similar role required

Candidates must meet all following requirements:

• Strong interest in cultural humility, antiracism, and intersectionality principles
• Candidates who are Spanish-speaking and/or members of the BIPOC community are especially encouraged to apply.

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Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.