Research Lab Assistant – Stress & Anxiety Studies

UC San Diego; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 56,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

UCSD Department of Psychiatry at UC San Diego invites applications for a Lab Assistant position. The role supports data collection and maintenance in both lab and clinical settings, including survey data, cognitive measures, and fMRI data processing under supervision.

Responsibilities include conducting interviews, assisting with recruitment through flyers, scheduling participants, and ensuring thorough data organization for analyses and reporting.

Qualifications

• Graduation from high school or GED with one year lab experience or two years of college with relevant coursework.
• Familiarity with behavioral paradigm techniques in a research setting.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for interactions with subjects and confidentiality.
• Self-motivated and reliable with initiative.
• Strong organizational, scheduling, and record-keeping abilities.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality per regulatory requirements.
• Experience collaborating with co-workers and communicating clearly.
• Experience organizing test records for survey, cognitive, and/or fMRI data.
• Ability to assist in recruitment through flyers and advertising for lab studies.

Responsibilities

• Assist in data collection and maintenance to ensure quality data in lab and clinic settings.
• Organize and maintain test records for subjects including survey data, cognitive data, and fMRI data.
• Assist in preprocessing data for scoring and analysis.
• Conduct survey-based assessments, standardized interviews, and fMRI set-up and recording.
• Assist in participant recruitment through flyers; schedule and progress check-ins under PI supervision.
• Support study data organization and management; assist with other tasks as needed.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Self-motivated

Organizational skills

Data collection

Recruitment support

Confidentiality

fMRI data familiarity

Education

High school diploma or GED

Two years college with relevant courses

Tools

Microsoft Office

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

UCSD Department of Psychiatry at UC San Diego invites applications for a Lab Assistant position. The role supports data collection and maintenance in both lab and clinical settings, including survey data, cognitive measures, and fMRI data processing under supervision.

Responsibilities include conducting interviews, assisting with recruitment through flyers, scheduling participants, and ensuring thorough data organization for analyses and reporting.