New Brunswick, NJ, USA
3 days ago
Research Teaching Specialist IV
Recruitment/Posting Title Research Teaching Specialist IV Job Category Staff & Executive - Research (Laboratory/Non-Laboratory) Department RWJ-Psychiatry Research Overview New Jersey’s academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University–New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings. We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University–New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations. Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark’s University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.

Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives. Posting Summary Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking Research Teaching Specialist IV for the department of Psychiatry at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences is seeking a highly motivated Research Teaching Specialist for the Affective and Clinical Neuroscience Lab (Lab Director: Avram Holmes, PhD), housed within the Center for Advanced Human Brain Imaging Research and the Department of Psychiatry. Research in the lab focuses on the establishment of biological and environmental predictors of psychiatric illness risk. Duties include, but are not limited to, subject recruitment, data acquisition using behavioral and neuroimaging techniques (MRI), data entry, coding, database management, some data analyses, and overseeing subject reimbursements. This position will offer exposure to diverse subject populations, including psychiatric patients, in a lab that employs genetic, systems neuroscience, and clinical techniques. The work entailed requires a high degree of motivation and self sufficiency, although extensive training and supervision will be provided. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated student to gain experience and knowledge of neuroimaging techniques in preparation for a graduate career. This is a full-time salaried position. 

Among the key duties of this position are the following: As directed, performs various research and technical operations relative to ongoing investigatory activities of the laboratory, with a specific focus on MRI research of cognitive and emotional processes.  Performs MRI studies. Duties may include operation of task stimulation, eye tracking, and assistance in operation of the MRI scanner.  Helps coordinate subject recruitment and data management.  Assists investigators in the implementation of cognitive tasks and stimulation paradigms for use in functional MRI and cognitive neuroscience studies.  Assists in conducting a continuous program of research and development regarding the functions of the laboratory. Participates in the evaluation of the existing procedures, suggesting revisions where necessary and proposing new procedures where required.  Assists with the maintenance of study documents and data including sensitive data containing confidential information. Assists with communication with the Institutional Review Board.  Position Status Full Time Hours Per Week Daily Work Shift Work Arrangement FLSA Exempt Grade 19S Position Salary Annual Minimum Salary 53343.00 Annual Mid Range Salary 63617.00 Annual Maximum Salary 75246.00 Standard Hours 37.50 Union Description HPAE 5094 Payroll Designation PeopleSoft Benefits Rutgers offers a comprehensive benefit program to eligible employees. For details, please go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/benefits/benefits-overview. Seniority Unit Terms of Appointment Staff - 12 month Position Pension Eligibility ABP
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