Research Associate (SRA 1)

University of California - Davis; Davis (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California - Davis is seeking a Research Assistant for the CHEN Lab to contribute to studies of dyadic social and emotional processes in clinical populations and family members. The role emphasizes wearable/mountable tech, psychophysiology, and data collection, with responsibilities in recruitment, behavioral coding, and manuscript support.

The position involves maintaining lab inventories, coordinating meetings, managing expenses, and assisting in preparing for graduate training

Qualifications

• No minimum education required for some positions; however, a bachelor’s degree is preferred.
• 1-3 years in an experimental lab environment, clinical research, or health science research preferred.
• Familiarity with SPSS, REDCap, Qualtrics, MS Office for data handling and study design is advantageous.
• Ability to install, operate, and troubleshoot lab equipment and coordinate training.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day lab operations and inventory management.
• Assist with data collection, entry, and analysis for research studies.
• Help recruit participants and coordinate lab meetings and administrative tasks.

Skills

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Professionalism

Research data management

Programming familiarity

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent: Social Sciences, Scientific, Computational Science, or Related Field

Tools

SPSS

REDCap

Qualtrics

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary

This position in the Clinical Health, Emotion, and Neuroscience (CHEN) Lab will provide opportunities to be involved in all aspects of the research project(s) to examine dyadic social and emotional processes between clinical populations and their family members (e.g., spousal caregivers) with an emphasis in in-home wearable/mountable technology while also using psychophysiology, behavioral coding, and participant recruitment, research visit facilitation, data collection and analysis, undergraduate research assistant management, maintaining inventory of lab supplies and equipment, manuscript preparation, documentation creation and maintenance, coordinating lab meetings, tracking lab expenses, other day-to-day administrative tasks of running a lab, and, if applicable, preparing for graduate training in either basic science, clinical/health science, or both.

Apply By Date

10/28/2026 by 11:59 pm

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications - For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to upload license and/or certification if required of the position

• No minimum education required
• There is no minimum of years of experience related to healthcare, laboratory, and/or clinical research required for this position.
• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary team of researchers is required.
• Professionalism and courtesy are required in all interactions with lab members, department staff, and supervisors.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent: Social Sciences, Scientific, Computational Science, or Related Field
• 1-3 years of experience in (1) an experimental lab environment, clinical research, and/or conducting research in health science, (2) emotion, social behaviors, health, psychophysiology, neuroscience, and clinical aging, (3) in-home wearable/mountable technology research, and (4) computer programming and/or data management.
• Familiarity with the laboratory's computer programs (e.g., SPSS, REDCap, Qualtrics, Microsoft Office) for data entry, data sharing, questionnaire creation, and study packet design and familiarity with writing computer codes for designing tasks, data management, and/or data analyses.
• Ability to install, operate, and troubleshoot lab equipment. Organize training and inter-departmental meetings to facilitate approval and installation of equipment/devices for data collection.
• Familiarity preparing and submitting documents, such as Institutional Review Board protocols.

Key Responsibilities

• 10% - Administrative
• 80% - Research
• 10% - Miscellaneous Tasks