Clinical Research Assistant

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Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

A full‑time Research Assistant (RA) position is available within McLean Hospital's Treatment & Etiology of Depression in Youth Laboratory (), directed by Christian Webb, PhD (Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School). The lab is part of the Center for Depression, Anxiety and Stress Research (co‑directed by Dr. Webb), which is devoted to the study of depression, anxiety, and related conditions ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). Our lab uses a multimodal approach (smartphone‑delivered ecological momentary assessment, passive smartphone and wearable sensor data, laboratory‑based experiments, EEG, fMRI, and clinical interviewing) to investigate the causes of depression in adolescents, as well as predictors and mechanisms of change in psychotherapeutic and smartphone‑delivered interventions for depression.

As a member of our scientific team, you will work closely with fellow research assistants, postdoctoral fellows, and Dr. Webb. You will gain hands‑on experience with recruiting and screening both healthy and depressed teens and adults, as well as conducting experimental procedures with them. See lab website () for examples of our recent and ongoing research.

• Initiates and maintains contact with study participants.
• Responsible for screening applicants, ensuring they meet appropriate criteria, and making an independent judgment as to the suitability of their participation.
• Coordinates study visits with adolescents and/or adults.
• Conducts behavioral and neuroimaging (e.g., fMRI) experiments.
• Works with ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and digital phenotyping devices (smartphones, smartwatches, and smart rings) and associated data.

Applicants applying to TEDY should submit:

• A CV/resume
• A cover letter (one, single‑spaced page) addressing:
  • Your interest in research
  • Try to be as specific as possible about why you want to work with this lab
  • E.g., What was it about this lab, in particular, that drew you to apply?
  • Future goals/how this job can help you achieve these goals
  • Previous relevant experience (i.e., research, clinical, research, and/or organizational leadership roles, etc.)
  • Optional (but could be helpful at further contextualizing your background)
  • Relevant coursework (optional)
  • Anything else you would like us to know about you?

Working independently and under very general supervision, provides support to clinical research studies. May be responsible for the following activities: making independent judgment of suitability of potential participants for clinical trials, developing and implementing patient recruitment strategies, recommending changes to protocols, managing existing datasets, and overseeing the work of more entry level staff.

Does this position require Patient Care? No

• Coordinates the implementation, both internally and externally, of sponsored clinical research studies.
• Initiates and maintains contact with study participants.
• Responsible for screening applicants, ensuring they meet appropriate criteria, and makes independent judgment as to the suitability of their participation.
• Working in concern with the Principal Investigator, develops and implements patient recruitment strategies.
• Develops, organizes, and/or maintains the study database.
• Responsible for data validation and quality control.
• May also conduct preliminary analyses and assist the lab's statistical consultant.
• In conjunction with the Principal Investigator, develops and implements new research protocols including design, data collection systems and institutional review board approval.
• Recommends changes to research protocols.
• Perform…