Part-Time Psychology Research Associate Job at The University of Texas at Austin Staff, Austin, TX

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  • The University of Texas at Austin Staff
  • Austin, TX

Job Description

Part-Time Psychology Research Associate

The Memory and Aging Lab is hiring a Research Coordinator to manage community-based subject recruitment of ethnoracially varied samples, subject testing, and some data acquisition and analysis. The position offers opportunities for co-authorship of manuscripts and conference presentations, participation in research talks, and auditing of courses.

This is a part-time, fixed term position. This is a 1 year assignment to start with the chance to renew annually based on performance, research goals, and/or mutual agreement. The expected workload for this role is 19 hours/week.

Research in the Memory and Aging Lab focuses on episodic memory and its underlying neural activity in adults across the lifespan. We are particularly interested in how individual difference factors such as habitual sleep quality, depressive symptoms, and psychosocial factors related to racial/ethnic demographics contribute to memory functioning. The lab uses behavioral, EEG, and fMRI methods. Primary duties include community-based participant recruitment and screening through in-person, online, and phone methods, clinical assessments and cognitive testing of young, middle aged, and older participants. Secondary duties include data collection using EEG and MRI methods, some data analysis, and coordination of research activities with other lab personnel.

Responsibilities
  • Subject Recruitment
  • Subject Testing
  • Data analysis
Required Qualifications

B.A./B.S. or equivalent in psychology, neuroscience, or a related field. All candidates should have strong organization skills, excellent interpersonal skills, strong computer skills, experience working with human subjects, and an interest in human subjects' research. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Bilingual in Spanish, understanding of cultural psychology, experience in computer programming, knowledge of univariate and/or multivariate statistics, experience with Python and/or RStudio, EEG and/or MRI data acquisition and analysis.

Salary Range

$21/hour

Working Conditions
  • May work around standard office conditions
  • Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation
  • Use of manual dexterity
Required Materials
  • Resume/CV
  • 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
  • Letter of interest

Job Tags

Part time, Fixed term contract, Work at office

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