The Research Associate Sr will be working on two clinical research study, the PAIR study and the PEACHY study, within our larger lab, the CARE Lab. The primary role of the Research Associate Sr is to assist with structured clinical interviewing at home visits, laboratory visits, and remotely via the phone/HIPAA zoom with mothers of infants and young children.

This position is grant funded.

Responsibilities:

+ Conduct preliminary statistical snalysis of project data and provide progress reports to the Principal Investigator as needed.

+ Responsible for independently overseeing and conducting phone screens, interviews, evaluations, assessments and/or tests with research participants.

+ Mentor, train and assist with supervising junior research staff as needed.

+ Responsible for the submission of regular reports detailing the progress of the research.

+ Discuss outcomes and participate in research and/or clinical decision making process.

+ Screen referrals.

+ Initiate research participant recruitment efforts and share responsibility of overseeing accurate data collection.

+ Assist with IRB and grant submissions as needed.

+ Assist with preparation of scientific articles as needed.

+ Master's Degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Counseling, Sociology or related research field and 1 year of work experience in a research project and/or related clinical setting

OR

+ Bachelor's Degree in Psychology, Neuroscience, Counseling, Sociology or related research field and 3 years of work experience in a research project and/or related clinical setting.

+ Clinical interviewing experience (specifically SCID interviews) preferred.

+ Familiarity with computers and common software packages required.

+ Working knowledge of research methodology strongly preferred.

Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:

+ Act 31 Child Abuse Reporting with renewal

+ Act 33 with renewal

+ Act 34

+ Act 73 FBI Clearance with renewal

UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran