• Research Project Assistant

    UPMC (Pittsburgh, PA)


    This position has been created for a NIH grant examining mother-infant synchrony in brain activity and emotional behavior. The study focuses on the influence of postpartum depression on positive and negative joint responding during three research visits between 3- and 9-months postpartum. The project (‘Postpartum Affect from Infant-Mother Regulation’, PAIR) will be conducted under the joint supervision of Dr. Morgan (Child Affect Regulation and Expression (CARE) lab) and Dr. Hipwell (Intergenerational Studies Lab) in the Department of Psychiatry. This person will be completing structured clinical interviews (SCID-5) with mothers of infants in the home environment. The employee will also assist with data management, entry, and processing. the Research Project Assistant will collect data in participants' homes around the Pittsburgh region and will need to travel from the office 3-4 times a week.

     

    This position is grant funded.

    Responsibilities:

    + Share responsibility of managing the day to day activities for the research project.

    + Assist the project coordinator with participant payments as needed.

    + Assist the project coordinator in coordinating flow of participants through the project, including screening, tracking contacts and attendance, and maintaining current information on how to contact participants, etc.

    + Handle all special projects for research protocol(s).

    + Collaborate in all recruitment activities of research subjects.

    + Handle both administrative and research job duties as needed for research protocol(s).

    + Bachelor's degree required, preferably in Psychology, Neuroscience, Sociology or related research field.

    + Minimum of 2 years of work experience in a research project and/or related clinical setting is required.

    + Familiarity with computers and common software packages required.

    + Working knowledge of research methodology strongly preferred.

    + Prior supervisory and/or project management experience preferred.

    Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

    + Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

    + Act 33 with renewal

    + Act 34 with renewal

    + Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

     

    UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran