Sr Neuroscience Research Scientist (Full Time, Days)

American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics; Miami, Northern (FL, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics seeks a PhD-level researcher to design and conduct health outcomes research, collecting data from clinical sources and questionnaires. You will collaborate with clinical teams, prepare reports and publications, and present findings at local and national meetings.

Responsibilities include multi-site studies, development of outcomes measures, REDCap data handling, and statistical analysis using SPSS/SAS/R.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Neuroscience or related field with research focus in health outcomes.
• Experience developing and applying mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative).
• Track record of publications in peer‑reviewed journals and presentations.

Responsibilities

• Design health outcomes research projects using clinical data and questionnaires.
• Coordinate multi-site studies with clinicians, caregivers, and participants.
• Develop outcomes measures, item writing, interviews, and analysis.
• Prepare reports, charts, and publications; present at meetings.
• Create and maintain data collection forms in REDCap; code qualitative data.
• Manage large datasets, perform cleaning, analysis, and reporting.
• Ensure data management practices align with IRB requirements and security.

Skills

Measurement principles

Psychometrics

Statistical analyses

Survey instrument design

IRB knowledge

Publications experience

SPSS/SAS/R

REDCap

NVivo

Data cleaning

Effective communication

Education

Ph.D in Neuroscience

Tools

REDCap

SPSS

SAS

R

NVivo

Job description

Description

Job Summary

Responsible for health outcomes research design, data collection and analysis including use of clinical data, questionnaires, and individual/group interviews. Works closely with the research and clinical teams in the planning and conducting of original research, supporting a variety of other research projects and hospital initiatives, preparing reports and scientific publications, and presenting at local and national meetings.

Job Specific Duties

• Conducts studies with clinicians, caregivers, and children at multiple medical centers. Collaborates with study teams and conducts multi-site research.
• Assists study team in developing outcomes measures (e.g., item writing, cognitive interviewing, statistical analysis) .
• Prepares presentations and writes scientific publications.
• Creates and maintains data collection forms in RedCap as needed.
• Assists with coding of qualitative data and data entry of questionnaires.
• Manages, cleans, organizes, and conducts analysis of large datasets using a variety of methods.
• Prepares and designs reports, tables, charts, and graphs with written summaries, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Interfaces with internal and external study teams to support best practices in data collection, management, and security.
• Strengthens collaborations with internal and external researchers, with the goal of publishing original articles for the organization.
• Assists with preparing research protocols, consent forms, and other study documents .
• Contributes to identifying potential new funding sources, grant writing, and grant reporting.

Qualifications

Minimum Job Requirements

• Ph.D in Neuroscience
• 4-7 years of work experience in health outcomes or social science measure development and mixed methods research (qualitative and quantitative); (OR) post-doctoral experience .

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of measurement principles, including familiarity with psychometric concepts such as measurement error, validity, reliability, and item response theory
• Experience selecting appropriate methods and conducting statistical analyses with healthcare or social science data sets
• Knowledge of quantitative and qualitative research design, including mixed methods design in the social sciences
• Experience creating or refining survey instruments and other measurement tools
• Demonstrated record of publication (as both first author and collaborator) in peer-reviewed scientific journals and presentations in academic or medical conferences
• Experience with statistical software (SPSS, SAS, or R)
• Experience with, or ability to learn, qualitative analysis software (NVivo or similar)
• Experience creating and managing questionnaires, data collecion forms and databases (REDCap or similar)
• Ability to learn new programs and processes easily in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to enter, code, and clean data
• Ability to survey public databases for research purposes
• Experience conducting scientific literature reviews
• Ability to identify and solve a range of problems within area of expertise
• Familiarity with IRB regulatory requirements and processes
• Excellent oral/written communication and interpersonal skills

Job:

Research

Department:

BRAIN INSTITUTE ADMINISTRATION-2100-714030

Job Status:

Professional