Clinical Research Assistant

Job Summary

The Clinical Research Assistant will support research in Dr. Liz Duval's lab within the Department of Psychiatry, contributing to studies investigating the neural mechanisms underlying learning and memory processes associated with trauma and substance use disorders. This role will involve assisting with participant-facing tasks such as recruitment and screening, coordinating study visits, administering behavioral assessments, and supporting fMRI neuroimaging and psycho-physiological data collection.

The Clinical Research Assistant will help ensure accurate data entry, organization, and quality control while maintaining compliance with institutional review board (IRB) protocols and ethical standards for human subject research.

The successful candidate will have strong organizational and interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and an interest in clinical neuroscience and opioid addiction research. The Clinical Research Assistant will work closely with the Principal Investigator, research staff, and study participants and will be gaining hands-on experience in clinical research methods. This position is ideal for a recent psychology/neuroscience graduate who would like to obtain clinical research experience in a laboratory before applying to graduate school.

Characteristic

Duties and Responsibilities:

Experience as part of a team with all 8 competency domains is expected:

Project Specific Responsibilities:

• Provide support to a federally sponsored clinical study of mechanisms underlying links between trauma and opioid use disorder. This position will be responsible for following study protocols, intervention, and data capture.
• Assist with IRB approval and renewals, clinical trials registration, progress reports, and data sharing procedures.
• Recruit, screen, and consent participants.
• Run study visits, which involves orienting participants to cognitive and neuroimaging task instructions, setting participants up for physiological data collection, monitoring tasks and incoming data for accuracy.
• Manage databases.
• Clean and score skin conductance and MRI data for future analysis.
• Assist with data analysis.
• Work collaboratively with other team members to fulfill the goals of the project.
• The potential exists to assist in the preparation of research papers for publication and presentations at conferences and workshops.

Supervision Received:

This position receives direct supervision and reports directly to a Project Manager.

Supervision Exercised:

None

• High School Diploma or GED is necessary.

• Associate's degree in Health Science or an equivalent combination of related education and experience is desirable.
• An understanding of medical terminology, experience in a large complex health care setting, ability to effectively communicate with staff and faculty of all levels, and knowledge of university policies and procedures is desirable.
• Experience using E-Prime to administer tasks to assess cognitive and emotional processes.
• Experience collecting physiological and/or neuroimaging data.

• Experience working with clinical populations, especially individuals with trauma and substance use disorders.

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What Benefits can you Look Forward to?

• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage effective on your very first day
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings

Positions that are eligible for hybrid or mobile/remote work mode are at the discretion of the hiring department. Work agreements are reviewed annually at a minimum and are subject to change at any time, and for any reason, throughout the course of employment. Learn more about the work modes.

Flexible 40 hours per week within the following: 8am-7pm Mon-Fri. Occasional weekends and evenings as study needs dictate.

Required to work in-person in Outpatient Psychiatry at one of Michigan Medicine's off campus locations in Ann Arbor, MI.

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