Research Support Assistant II

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 29,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Benefits Package

Job summary

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking a part-time Research Support Assistant II to help investigate neural activity and serotonin biosensor signals in preclinical models of stress and fear generalization.

Responsibilities include preprocessing neural data, implementing multivariate HMMs, Representational Similarity Analysis, and linear decoding with permutation testing, plus generating publication-quality figures for per-animal and group comparisons.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science and/or information technology is required.
• At least 1 year experience with Python and MATLAB.
• At least 1 year experience analyzing time series signals.

Responsibilities

• Preprocessing and normalization of simultaneous neural activity and serotonin signals.
• Implementing and validating three computational analyses: multivariate Hidden Markov Models, Representational Similarity Analysis, and linear decoding with permutation testing.
• Extracting per-animal metrics for group-level statistical comparison.
• Generating publication-quality figures.

Skills

Python

MATLAB

Time series analysis

Probabilistic modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree in science and/or information technology

Tools

Python

MATLAB

NumPy

SciPy

Scikit-learn

Job description

Job Title: Research Support Assistant II

Grade: 10

Salary: $21.23 -$25.55

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene is seeking a qualified hourly, part time Research Support Assistant II for a short-term position to investigate neural activity and serotonin biosensor signals obtained from brain tissue in preclinical models of stress and fear generalization

Duties And Responsibilities

• Preprocessing and normalization of simultaneous neural activity and serotonin signals;
• Implementing and validating three computational analyses: multivariate Hidden Markov Models, Representational Similarity Analysis, and linear decoding with permutation testing
• Extracting per-animal metrics for group-level statistical comparison;
• Generating publication-quality figures.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in science and/or information technology
• At least (1) Year experience with Python and MATLAB
• At least (1) Year experience analyzing time series signals
• At least (1) Year experience with probabilistic classification models in NumPy, SciPy, and SciKit-learn

Preferred Qualifications

• At least (1) Year experience with probabilistic modeling or dynamical systems;
• Familiarity with neuroscience or biosensor data;
• Prior exposure to HiddenMarkovModels or representational similarity analysis

Work Location: 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The Research Foundation is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York. Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits. Excellent Benefits Package.

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.

Salary: $21.23 - $25.55 per hour