Research Assistant, Epidemiology

The Department of Epidemiology is seeking a Research Assistant (RA) to support the day-to-day operations of NIH funded projects. Primary responsibilities include managing a new study examining the links between reward processing, anxiety and depression symptoms, and treatment improvement.

The Research Assistant will:

• Recruit, enroll, and retain adult participants with internalizing disorders seeking treatment at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders.
• This will involve contacting individuals who express interest in the study, screening participants for study eligibility to assess history and current psychopathology, tracking participants over 12-month follow-up, and scheduling and coordinating assessment visits.
• Administer and track standardized clinical assessments at baseline and follow-up visits.

This will include:

• Sending participants links (and reminders) to complete self-report measures on REDCap, assisting participants as needed with in-person survey completion at the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorder, or assistance via telephone-based completion.
• Manage study datasets and conduct basic statistical analysis for study reports. 

This will involve:

• Managing study databases, complete data-entry tasks, training undergraduate volunteers to complete data entry tasks, and present data to study team members during regular meetings.
• Attend study meetings, order study supplies, track study payments, maintain organized files for all study-related materials, and correspond regularly with study team members. 
• Maintain and update IRB and study protocols as well as the study website.

THIS IS AN IN PERSON/ON PREMISES POSITION